Background
McMinn, J. B. was born on November 12, 1922 in Pt. Neches, Texas, United States. Son of Joe Byron and Mary Thelma (Odom) McMinn.
McMinn, J. B. was born on November 12, 1922 in Pt. Neches, Texas, United States. Son of Joe Byron and Mary Thelma (Odom) McMinn.
Bachelor in English and Religious Studies, Louisiana College, 1943. Master of Theology in Hellenistic Greek, Southern Seminary, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy in Hellenistic Greek, Southern Seminary, 1951.
Postgraduate, Louisiana State University, 1948. Master of Arts in Classical Greek and Philosophy, Tulane University, 1960. Postgraduate, Tulane University, 1968.
Postgraduate, University Athens, 1970. Postdoctoral in Modern Greek, University Athens, 1979.
Assistant professor English Louisiana College, 1948—1951. Teaching assistant in classics Newcomb College, 1951—1952, Tulane University, 1952—1954, assistant professor classics, 1953—1958. From assistant professor philosophy to professor philosophy University Alabama, 1960—1987.
Visiting professor philosophy Miles College, 1990. Visiting associate professor philosophy and classics Tulane University, 1960, 61. Speaker, lecturer, presenter in field.
Cadet officer United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1942.
Republican commissioner, New Orleans, 1956—1960. Member Southern Society Christian Leadership Conference, 1954—1960. Member of American Society of Composers, Poetry Society of America, Academy American Poets, National Academy Popular Music-Songwriters Hall of Fame, International Society Poets (life), Eta Sigma Phi.
Married Dorothy Louise Smith, August 31, 1944 (divorced May 15, 1969). Children: Jan Branton, Robert Errol.