Henry Robison West

Background

West, Henry Robison was born on December 16, 1933 in Athens, Georgia, United States. Son of Henry Haynes and Ruby (Robison) W.

Education

Bachelor, Emory University, 1954; Master of Arts, Duke U., 1958; Master of Divinity., Union Theological Seminary, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1965.

Career

Instructor, Spelman College, Atla., 1957-1960; instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1961-1965; assistant professor, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1965-1970; associate professor, Macalester College, St. Paul, 1970-1976; professor, Macalester College, St. Paul, since 1976. Visiting professor University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1968, University of Chicago, 1978-1979, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1980. Member teaching staff Council for Philosophical Studies Summer Institute, 1978.

Achievements

• Henry Robison West has been listed as a noteworthy Philosophy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Adult leader Boy Scouts American, St. Paul, since 1982. Member American Philosophical Association, American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, Minnesota Philosophical Society (president 1977-1978), American Association University professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Sigma Iota.

Connections

Married Patricia Ann Blackwood, June 11, 1955. Children: Henry (deceased), Alexandra, John Stuart.

Father:

Henry Haynes West

Mother:

Ruby (Robison) West

Spouse:

Patricia Ann Blackwood

child:

John Stuart West

child:

Alexandra West

child:

Henry West (deceased)