Background
Belcher, John Cheslow was born on February 26, 1920 in Tulsa. Son of John Cheslow and Blanche (Renfrow) Belcher.
Belcher, John Cheslow was born on February 26, 1920 in Tulsa. Son of John Cheslow and Blanche (Renfrow) Belcher.
Bachelor of Science, Oklahoma State University, 1943; Master of Arts, Louisiana State University, 1945; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1950.
Assistant professor sociology University Mississippi, Oxford, 1947-1949. Associate professor rural sociology Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1949-1955. Professor sociology University Georgia, Athens, 1955-1984, professor emeritus, from 1984.
Columnist Courier-Herals, Dublin, from 1985. Visiting professor sociology University Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, 1969. Fulbright professor demography Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Dominican Republic, 1971-1972.
Consultant in rural sociology United Nations Development Program, Dominican Republic, 1969. Consultant division physician manpower National Institutes of Health, 1971-1972, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1978, 79. Director professional seminars for ex-grantees United States Department State, Dominican Republic, 1973, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, Guatemala, 1978, 79.
Fulbright Research professor Institute Nacional de Estastica, Dominican Republic, 1979-1980. Consultant CII-Viviendas, Dominican Republic, from 1985.
Member Population Reference Bureau, American Sociological Society, Rural Sociological Society, Southern Sociological Society.
Married Patricia Lucile Yates, November 25, 1948. Children: Meriwyn, John Christopher, Laura McGee, Matthew, Glenda Strickland.