Background
Davies, James Chowning was born on May 6, 1918 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Howell David and Julia (Merrell) Davies.
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Davies, James Chowning was born on May 6, 1918 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Howell David and Julia (Merrell) Davies.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1939; postgraduate in law, University of Chicago, 1939-1940; postgraduate in law, University Texas, 1945-1946; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, 1952.
Supervisor production scheduling, Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation (now General Dynamics), San Diego, also Fort Worth, 1942-1945;
research training fellow, Social Science Research Council, 1950-1951;
Carnegie fellow political science, University of Michigan Survey Research Center, 1951-1953;
assistant professor to professor political science, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1953-1963;
faculty research fellow, Social Science Research Council, 1961-1962;
professor, U. Oregon, Eugene, 1963-1983, retired;
head department political science, U. Oregon, 1964-1967. Visiting assistant professor University of California at Los Angeles, summer 1956. Visiting associate professor University of California, Berkeley, 1959-1960.
Distinguished visiting professor U. Arizona, 1979.
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Served with Army of the United States, 1946-1947. Member American Political Science Association (council 1965-1967), Western Political Science Association (president 1969-1970), International Political Science Association, International Society Political Psychology (author constitution 1985, councillor 1980-1990, J.N. Knutson award 1987), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Eleanor Johnstone Getze, January 10, 1943 (deceased January 1987). 1 child, Sarah Louise.
