Background
Perkins, George was born on August 16, 1930 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Burton Perkins and Gladys Beatrice Jones.
Perkins, George was born on August 16, 1930 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Burton Perkins and Gladys Beatrice Jones.
AB, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 1953. Master of Arts, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1960.
Instructor Washington University, St. Louis, 1957—1960. Assistant professor Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, 1960—1963, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1963—1966. Lecturer University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1966—1967.
Professor Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, 1967—2001. Lecturer Peking University, 2006, Zhengzhou University, 2006, Chinese University Hong Kong, 2006.
Married Barbara Miller Perkins, May 9, 1964. Children: Laura, Suzanne, Alison.