Background
Forsythe, James Lee was born on December 18, 1934 in Bransford, Texas, United States. Son of Roy Theodore and Irma May (Smith) Forsythe.
Forsythe, James Lee was born on December 18, 1934 in Bransford, Texas, United States. Son of Roy Theodore and Irma May (Smith) Forsythe.
Bachelor of Science, North Texas State University, 1960. Master of Arts, North Texas State University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University New Mexico, 1971.
Transportation agent Delta Air Lincolnshire, Dallas, 1952-1962. Assistant professor of history Fort Hays (Kansas) State College (now Fort Hays State University), 1963-1968, associate professor of history, 1968-1971, professor, since 1971, department chairman history, 1975-1981, dean of graduate school, 1981. Member Kansas History Records Advisory Board, 1976-1989.
Member Kansas State Historic Sites Board of Review, 1980-1991, chairman, 1990-1991.
Director Kansas Oral History Project, since 1969. Treasurer, Ellis County Young Democrats, 1966-1970.
Democratic precinct committeeman, since 1974. Member of advisory board Kansas Main Saint
Only adults could be baptized and only by total immersion in water.
Member Kansas History Records Advisory Board, 1976-1989. Member Kansas State Historic Sites Board of Review, 1980-1991, chairman, 1990-1991. Member of advisory board Kansas Main Saint
Served with Air National Guard, 1953-1955.
Member Rocky Mountain Social Science Association (executive council 1971-1974), Western Social Science Association (president 1976-1977), American Association of University Professors (president Kansas 1972-1973), Kansas State History Society (director 1977, vice president 1980-1981, president 1982-1983, Executive Committee 1985, chairman of the executive committee 1990), Kansas Committee Humanities (Executive Committee 1975-1982, chairman 1981-1982), Agricultural History (Executive Committee 1986-1989) Association, Organisation American Historians, Southern History Association (membership committee 1987-1988), New Mexico History Association, Western History Association Alpha Theta (Sigma Chapter president 1962-1963), Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi (president Fort Hays Chapter 1984), Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Sherrill Kay Zartman, August 10, 1956. Children: James Lee, Garen David, Dana Sean.