Background
Benson, Charles Scott was born on May 20, 1922 in Atlanta. Son of Marion Trotti and Sallie May (Bagley) Benson.
Benson, Charles Scott was born on May 20, 1922 in Atlanta. Son of Marion Trotti and Sallie May (Bagley) Benson.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University, 1943; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1950.
Member faculty, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1950-1955;
Member faculty, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1955-1964;
associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1964-1968;
professor economics of education, University of California, Berkeley, 1968-1994;
associate dean, University of California, Berkeley, 1986-1989. Visiting professor department education Stanford University, 1980-1981. Consultant National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, San Francisco, Rhode Island Special Commision on Education, California Board Education, Committee Economics Development, Connecticut Governor's Commision on Tax Reform, Government Pakistan Planning Commission, World Bank, Agency for International Development.
Staff director New York State Education Commission. Member President's Advisory Panelon Financing Elementary and Secondary Education, 1979-1981. Member commission on vocational education National Academy Sciences.
Director National Center for Research in Vocational Education, 1988-1994.
(Perspectives on the Economics of Education: Readings in S...)
Served with United States Navy, 1943-1946. Member American Economic Association, American Educational Finance Association (president 1977-1978, distinguished service award 1987), Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Dorothy Ruth Merrick, June 8, 1946. Children: Michele, Charles Scott, Sally Merrick.