Dennis Art Likens

Background

Likens, Dennis Art was born on March 3, 1940 in Winner, South Dakot. Son of Art Dennis and Juanita Mae (Foster) Likens.

Education

Student, South Dakot School Mines and Technology, 1958-1961, 62-63; Bachelor of Science in Education, Black Hills State College, 1965; Master of Education, Tuskegee U., 1974; Doctor of Education, Auburn U., 1990.

Career

Science teacher, Hosmer (South Dakot) H.S., 1965-1966; science and mathematics teacher, Fremont Vocational H.S., Lander, Wyoming, 1966-1967; mathematics teacher, Kimball (Nebraska) Middle School, 1967-1971; chemistry and mathematics teacher, Newell (South Dakot) H.S., 1971-1972; professor physics and education, Tuskegee (Alabama) U., since 1974. Education consultant Macon County Schools, Tuskegee, 1984-1994. Campus advisor Project Pipeline, Sacramento, 1989-1994.

Achievements

• Dennis Art Likens has been listed as a noteworthy Physics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Phi Delta Kappa (editor newsletter 1985-1994, Outstanding award 1992, president 1989-1990, 94-).

Interests

• Avocations: photography, electronics, aviation.

Connections

Married Wanda Faye Huff, December 27, 1967 (divorced May 1970). Married Beverly Jean Oliver, August 20, 1988.

Father:

Art Dennis Likens

Mother:

Juanita Mae (Foster) Likens

Spouse:

Beverly Jean Oliver

Spouse:

Wanda Faye Huff