Clarence Wilbert Minkel

Background

Minkel, Clarence Wilbert was born on February 9, 1928 in Austin, Minnesota, United States. Son of Rudolph Herman and Lenora (Buhr) Minkel.

Education

Bachelor, Colorado State College, 1953; Master of Arts, Colorado State College, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1960.

Career

Instructor, College High School, Greeley, Colorado, 1953-1955; graduate assistant, Syracuse (New York) U., 1955-1956; assistant professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1960; from assistant to associate professor, Colorado State College, 1960-1965; associate director, assistant dean then associate dean, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1967-1979; dean Grad School, vice provost, associate vice chancellor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1979. Advisor United States Agency for International Development, Guatemala, 1963-1965. Adjunct Professor Lanzhou U., China, since 1987.

President Conference Southern Graduate Schools, 1988-1989, Pan American Institute Geography and History, Organization of American States, 1990-1993. Trustee S.E. Consortium International Development, Washington, since 1989.

Achievements

• Clarence Wilbert Minkel has been listed as a noteworthy University official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, 1945-1947, Japan. Member National Council Geographic Education, American Association Geographers, American Geographical Society, American Name Society, Conference Latin Americanist Geographers, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Jeanette Edith Borgstrom, November 29, 1947 (divorced 1973). Children: Thomas, Sandra, Theresa, Lorraine, Joanna. Married F. Phyllis Macari, April 27, 1974.

Father:

Rudolph Herman Minkel

Mother:

Lenora (Buhr) Minkel

Spouse:

Jeanette Edith Borgstrom

Spouse:

F. Phyllis Macari

child:

Joanna Minkel

child:

Thomas Minkel

child:

Theresa Minkel

child:

Lorraine Minkel

child:

Sandra Minkel