Background
Rufi, John was born on January 22, 1892 in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. Son of Jacob and Anna (Schmoker) Rufi.
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John Rufi
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Bachelor of Science, Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, 1918; AM, Teachers College, Columbia, 1921; Doctor of Philosophy, Teachers College, Columbia, 1927.
Career
Teacher, rural and village schools, Kansas, 1910-1913; teacher, Junior High School, Emporia, Kansas, 1919; teacher, New York Vocational School, 1919-1921; principal high school and assistant superintendent, Ironwood, Michigan, 1921-1924; associate, Columbia, 1924-1925; professor of education, Michigan State College, East Lansing, 1925-1928. Lecturer summers, Columbia, 1923, 24, 25, 35, Colorado State Teachers College,1936, Northwestern University, 1937, University of Minnesota, 1944, 45, University of California, 1948-1949,U. Colorado, 1955. Fulbright lecturer in Turkey, 1951-1952.
Achievements
Membership
Wuth United States Army, Mexico Border, 1916. United States N.R.F., 1918-1919. To Germany for United States War Dept, 1947.
Member National Education Association (deputy Secondary School Prins.), North Center Association of Colls. andSecondary Schools (vice president member of commission), Missouri State Teachers Association (president), American Legion, Masons, Rotary, University Club (Columbia, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta Pi.
Connections
Married Greta W. Forte, July 1, 1922. 1 daughter, Joan Elizabeth.
