Background
Herndon, James Francis was born on August 11, 1929 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Francis Earl and Agnes (Demmer) Herndon.
Herndon, James Francis was born on August 11, 1929 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Francis Earl and Agnes (Demmer) Herndon.
Student, John Herron School Fine Arts, 1949. Bachelor, Indiana University, 1952. Master of Arts, Wayne State University, 1956.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1963.
Instructor, Drake U., Des Moines, 1959-1960; assistant professor, U. North Dakota, 1960-1963; associate professor, U. North Dakota, 1963-1967; coordinator, U. North Dakota (Honors Program), 1965-1966; associate dean arts and science, U. North Dakota (Honors Program), 1967; associate professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 1967-1970; professor, department chairman political science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970-1974; also director summer course mathematics models in political science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1973; professor emeritus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1994. Director Summer Institute in Mathematics Applications in Political Science, 1969-1973.
Member advisory board Americans for Religious Liberty. With Counter Intelligence corpus, United States army, 1952-1954. Member Virginia Social Science Association (vice president 1979-1980, president 1980-1981, Distinguished Service award 1989, scholar award 1984), Americans for Democratic Action, American Civil Liberties Union, Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Sigma Alpha.
Married Doris Arlene Beall, December 24, 1952. 1 son, David Lyle.
