Background
Cobb, John Cecil was born on April 10, 1927 in Walton, Kentucky, United States. Son of John Cecil and Lucy (Dean) Cobb.
Cobb, John Cecil was born on April 10, 1927 in Walton, Kentucky, United States. Son of John Cecil and Lucy (Dean) Cobb.
Bachelor of Arts Sociology, Antioch College, 1950; postgraduate, U. Americans, Mexico, 1950; Master of Arts in Communication, Michigan State University, 1964.
Foreign correspondent, public executive, Vision, Inc., Rio de Janeiro, New York City, 1950-1955;
writer, Mexico City, 1956-1957;
director, Antioch College Program, Guanajuato, Mexico, 1958-1962;
communication research assistant, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1962-1964;
member research staff Computer Institute Social Science Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1964-1967;
Fulbright professor, U. El Salvador, San Salvador, 1967-1968;
consultant, Peace Corps, Lima, Peru, 1968-1969;
consultant, Peace Corps, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1968-1969;
executive director, Latin American Studies Association, Washington, 1969-1971;
consultant, Washington, 1972-1978;
president, Human Comm. Sys., Reston, Virginia, 1978-1993;
principal, Human Comm. Sys., Reston, Virginia, since 1994.
Consultant on new international curriculum Antioch College, 1990. Production manager Peace in Action magazine, 1994-1997. Consultant World Wide Web, 1996.
Member Common Cause Northern Virginia, 1975-1977, publicity chairman, 1975-1977. Member Executive Committee Washington area United Nations Association, 1977-1979. Member Fairfax County Democratic Committee, 1975-1978.
Served with United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member Social Science Computing Association (chair), International Comm. Association, Latin American Studies Association, Inter-American Council (vice president 1994-1995, president 1995-1996), American Association Public Opinion Research, Society International Development, American Statistical Association, Mid-Atlantic Conference Latin American Studies (panelist 1997), Fulbright Association, The Internet Society.