Background
Turner, Charles Joseph was born on April 21, 1926 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Henry Selkirk and Emma Louise (Fendrich) Turner.
Turner, Charles Joseph was born on April 21, 1926 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Henry Selkirk and Emma Louise (Fendrich) Turner.
AB summa cum laude, Wheaton (Illinois) College, 1946. Master of Education, Harvard University, 1953. Phd, Columbia University, 1954.
Teacher public schools, Jacksonville, Florida, 1947-1949; teacher public schools, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1949-1951; assistant director research public schools, Richmond, Virginia, 1954-1959; assistant professor, Stetson U., Deland, Florida, 1959-1962; professor education and department chairman, State University, Glassboro, New Jersey, 1963-1967; professor education, Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville, since 1967; supervisor computer center, Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville, 1987-1992.
Volunteer Senior Citizens Center, Edwardsville, 1979-1983. With United States Army, 1946-1947. Member American Association of University Professors, National Education Association, International Reading Association, American Education Research Association, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Sarah Ellamae Traverse, April 25, 1964. 1 child, George.