Background
Janke, Delmar Lester was born on October 24, 1939 in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States. Son of Walter Harold Janke and Carolyn Marie (Krueger) Wendt.
Janke, Delmar Lester was born on October 24, 1939 in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States. Son of Walter Harold Janke and Carolyn Marie (Krueger) Wendt.
Student, South Dakota School Mines, 1960. Bachelor of Science, Northern State College, 1961. Master of Education, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1965.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1969.
Teacher Winner (South Dakota) Junior High School, 1962-1965, Simmons Junior High School, Aberdeen, South Dakota, 1965-1966. Associate professor science education Texas Advertising & Marketing University, College Station, Texas, since 1969. Institutes director National Science Foundation, 1974-1986.
Principal investigator United States Department Education, 1987-1988.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Science Teachers Association, Council for Elementary Science International (board directors 1990-1993), National Association Research in Science Teaching, North America Alliance for Environmental Education, American Nature Study Society (board directors 1990-1996), Lions.
Married Betty Phyllis Gaub, October 29, 1960. Children: David Wayne, Laura Beth.