Background
Eggertsen, Claude Andrew was born on February 25, 1909 in Thistle, Utah, United States. Son of Claude E. and Helen El Deva (Blackett) Eggertsen.
Eggertsen, Claude Andrew was born on February 25, 1909 in Thistle, Utah, United States. Son of Claude E. and Helen El Deva (Blackett) Eggertsen.
AB, Brigham Young University, 1930. Master of Arts, Brigham Young University, 1933. Postgraduate, Stanford University, 1931.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1939.
Teacher, Carbon County (Utah) School District, 1931-1934;
member of faculty, University of Minnesota, 1934-1939;
instructor education, University of Minnesota, 1935-1939;
member of faculty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1939-1979;
professor education, University of Michigan, 1953-1979;
emeritus professor education, University of Michigan, 1979-1995;
director program comparative education, University of Michigan, 1959-1979;
director international education projects, University of Michigan, 1966-1979;
chairman social foundations, University of Michigan, 1952-1962, 68-75;
Gerald H. Read professor comparative and international education, Kent (Ohio) State University, 1980-1982. Visiting faculty member Brigham Young U., 1935, U. Colorado, 1937, Ohio State University, 1948, San Jose College, 1955, University of California at Los Angeles, 1951. Honorary visiting professor U. Sheffield, England, 1958, 62.
Visiting professor education, India, 1962, 64. Visiting professor Utah State University. Visiting scholar U. Kyoto, Japan.
Lecturer comparative education U. Hiroshima, U. Kyushu, both Japan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, summer 1980.
Chairman board trustees Inter-University International Teacher Education Council. Member planning committee Ann Arbor Council Churches, 1979-1981, chairman, 1982-1983. Served to lieutenant (senior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.
Fellow Philosophy Education Society, John Dewey Society. Charter fellow College of Preceptors (London). Member National Society College Teachers (secretary 1948-1960, co-chairman history education section 1948-1950), Comparative Education Society (executive committee 1959-1961, president 1963-1964, honorary fellow 1986), History Education Society, American Educational Research Association, Association Ecumenical Education (board directors), United Nations Association of United States of America (president Michigan division 1966-1970), Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Kappa Alpha, Theta Alpha Phi.
Clubs: Men's Thursday Luncheon (program chairman), National Liberal (London).
Married Nita Wakefield, June 3, 1931 (deceased October 1993). Children: Sheary Jill (Mistress Virgil F. Fairbanks), Claude Wakefield, John Hale.