Background
Bivens, Gordon Ellsworth was born on February 5, 1927 in Nevada, Iowa, United States. Son of Clarence E. and Hazel (Markl) Bivens.
Bivens, Gordon Ellsworth was born on February 5, 1927 in Nevada, Iowa, United States. Son of Clarence E. and Hazel (Markl) Bivens.
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1950; Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1957.
Instructor, assistant professor, associate professor Iowa State University, 1954-1962. Associate professor, professor economics, founding director Center for Consumer Affairs, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1962-1968. Consumption economist Consumer and Food Economics Research division Agricultural Research Service, Department Agriculture, 1967-1968.
Professor family economics and agricultural economics University Missouri at Columbia, 1968-1976. Professor department family environment Iowa State University, 1976-1990, head department, 1976-1980, interim associate dean for research and graduate education College Family and Consumer Sciences, 1989-1990, Mary B. Welch distinguished professor family and consumer science, since 1983, professor emeritus, since 1989. Facilitator Alternatives to Violence workshops in prisons, since 2003.
Visiting scholar Institute Behavioral Science, University Colorado, Boulder, 1974-1975. Member Consumer Task Force, White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health, 1969. Consultant President's Committee on Consumer Interests, Office Economic Opportunity, Glick & Lorwin, John Wiley & Sons.
Trustee American Home Economics Association Foundation. Chairman of the Board Governors Center for the Family. Served with United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1945-1946.
Member American Economics Association, American Home Economics Association, American Agricultural Economics Association, American Association for Consumer Research, American Council on Consumer Interests (past president), Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Omicron Nu., Society Friends.
Married Muriel Katherine Collier, February 14, 1953. Children: Dale Mark, Carol Sue, Bruce Alan, Paul Wayne.