Jackson Holbrook Bailey

Background

Bailey, Jackson Holbrook was born on September 22, 1925 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Philip Record and Mercy (Holbrook) Bailey.

Education

AB, Earlham College, 1950. Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1959.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Waseda University, Tokyo, 1990.

Career

From assistant professor to professor of history, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, since 1959; Landrum R. Bolling professor social science, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, since 1979. Director multi media course U. Mid-American, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1974-1978. Consultant infield.

Achievements

• Jackson Holbrook Bailey has been listed as a noteworthy East Asian studies educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Listening to Japan; a Japanese Anthology

Membership

Board directors Greater Richmond Progress Committee, since 1984. Sergeant Medical Corps., 1944-1946. Member American History Association (Eugene Asher Distinguished Teacher award 1991), Association Asian Studies, Midwest Conference Asian Affairs (president 1968-1969), National Board Advisors, National Endowment of the Humanities, United States-Japan Cultural Conference (sub-committee pre-collegiate education 1974-1985), Order of Sacred Treasure (Japan).

Interests

• Avocation: raising and training suffolk draft horses.

Connections

Married Caroline Arletta Palmer, June 23, 1949. Children: Jay Allen, Christopher Holbrook, Bruce Cutler, Linda Arletta.

Father:

Philip Record Bailey

Mother:

Mercy (Holbrook) Bailey

Spouse:

Caroline Arletta Palmer

child:

Christopher Holbrook Bailey

child:

Linda Arletta Bailey

child:

Jay Allen Bailey

child:

Bruce Cutler Bailey