Frederick Clifton Neff

Background

Neff, Frederick Clifton was born on June 24, 1913 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Frederick Clifton and Cecilia (Patton) Neff.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1935; Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1941; Doctor of Education, University of California at Los Angeles, 1950.

Career

Teacher high schools, Metamora, Latham and Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Monrovia and San Pedro, California, 1936-1945; training teacher, University High School, Los Angeles, 1945-1949; teaching assistant, University of California at Los Angeles, 1949-1950; assistant professor education, Occidental College, 1950-1953; associate professor, Occidental College, 1953-1955; professor, department chairman social and philosophical foundations of education, Rutgers University, 1955-1959; professor, department chairman history and philosophy of education, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1959-1972; professor philosophy of education, Wayne State University, 1972-1980; professor emeritus, Wayne State University, since 1980; instructor overseas graduate program for, United States Air Force personnel, Wiesbaden, W. Germany, 1974; instructor overseas graduate program for, United States Air Force personnel, Ramstein, W. Germany, 1975. Visiting professor summers University of Illinois, 1953, University of California at Los Angeles, 1955, 58,University of Southern California, 1956, Indiana U., 1959, U. B.C., 1960, 64, Syracuse University, 1961, University Texas, 1962, University of Minnesota, 1963, 75, Ohio State University, 1965, U. Arizona, 1966, 68, 71, 73, 76, University of Minnesota, 1966-1967, Johns Hopkins, spring, 1969. Boyd H. Bode Memorial lecturer Ohio State University, 1965.

Emil Larson Memorial lecturer U. Arizona, 1970, summer session Distinguished lecturer, 1978.

Achievements

• Frederick Clifton Neff has been listed as a noteworthy Educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Philosophy and American Education

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Philosophy of Education Society (special certified honoring contributions 1991), American Philosophical Association, Midwest Philosophy Education Society (president 1966-1968), John Dewey Society. Member American Association University Professors, Society Professors Education, National Education Association, National Society Study Education, Association Higher Education, American Educational Studies Association, Phi Delta Kappa.

Connections

Father:

Frederick Clifton Neff

Mother:

Cecilia (Patton) Neff