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David Mayo Austin, American social work educator. Certified social worker, Texas. Named Alumnus of Year School Applied Social Sciences Case Western University, 1980; fellow National Institute of Mental Health, 1965-1968; named Outstanding Graduate Teacher University Texas at Austin, 1989.

Background

Austin, David Mayo was born on June 9, 1923 in New Haven. Son of Ralph Vernon and Helen Howe (Mayo) Austin.

Education

Bachelor, Lawrence College, 1943. Master of Science Social Administration, Western Reserve University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Brandeis University, 1969.

Career

Group worker, U. Settlement, Cleveland, 1948-1951; associate neighborhood services, United Community Superior vena cava syndrome Metropolitan Boston, 1951-1954; planner, executive director, Special Youth Program, Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1953-1956; executive secretary group work county, Welfare Federation Cleveland, 1957-1961; planning director, Greater Cleveland Youth Superior vena cava syndrome Planning Commission, 1961-1963; associate director planning and research, Community Action Youth Cleveland, 1963-1964; lecturer, School Applied Social Sciences Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1964-1965; lecturer, Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1968-1971; associate professor, Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1971-1973; professor, School Social Work University Texas, Austin, since 1973; Bert Kruger Smith Centennial professor, School Social Work University Texas, Austin, 1987-1998; acting dean, School Social Work University Texas, Austin, 1991-1992. Visiting professor College Social Work U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1985-1986, consultant, 1979. Visiting scholar Nelson Rockefeller College Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York, Albany, 1986.

Chairman state advisory board Massachusetts Department Public Welfare, Boston, 1970-1973. Chairman task force on social work research National Institute of Mental Health, 1988-1991. Consultant Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, Austin, 1989.

External reviewer Sch.Social Work Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1985. Visiting committee Mandel School Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, since 1993.

Achievements

  • David Mayo Austin has been listed as a noteworthy social work educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Boston, 1983-1988. Sergeant United States Army, 1943-1946. Member Academy Certified Social Workers (certified), National Association of Social Workers (board directors 1963-1966, chairman human rights commission 1964-1967, president award Excellence Social Work Research 1992, Texas chapter lifetime achievement award 2000), Council on Social Work Education (house delegations 1975-1978, 79-82, educational planning commission 1979-1982, significant lifetime achievement award 1997), American Public Welfare Association (board directors 1980-1982), American Society Public Administration, National Conference Social Welfare (board directors 1980-1983), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Zuria Farmer. Clayton Mayo, Judith Ann, Paul Farmer.

Father:
Ralph Vernon Austin

Mother:
Helen Howe (Mayo) Austin

Spouse:
Zuria Farmer