Background
Fowlkes, John Guy was born on July 8, 1898 in Greenville, Missouri, United States. Son of John Thomas and Lois (Burroughs) Fowlkes.
Fowlkes, John Guy was born on July 8, 1898 in Greenville, Missouri, United States. Son of John Thomas and Lois (Burroughs) Fowlkes.
AB, Ouachita College, Arkansas, 1916. AM, Columbia University, 1921. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1922.
Assistant in mathematics, Ouachita College, 1914-1916;
teacher, high school principal, headmaster in Arkansas and New York, 1916-1922;
assistant professor education, University of Wisconsin, 1922-1924;
associate professor, University of Wisconsin, 1924-1926;
professor, University of Wisconsin, 1927-1992;
director summer session, University of Wisconsin, 1942-1954;
dean school education, University of Wisconsin, 1947-1954. Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1926-1927. Educational advisor Ministry Education India, 1954-1956.
Member Mississippi, Virginia, Nevada state educational survey staffs. Dir.surveys including Pasadena, Fort Worth, Flint, Kansas City.
Director Wisconsin Improvement Program, also teacher education and local school systems, 1959-1992. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Education Association, American Association of University Professors, American Association School Administrators, American Educational Research Association, Maple Bluff Country Club, University, Phi Delta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Lambda, Masons.
Married December 27, 1917 (deceased 1925). Married Helen Agatha Karlen, May 20, 1928. Children: SWarah Anne, Nancy Lee.