Background
Furbay, John Harvey was born on September 23, 1903 in Mount Gilead, Ohio, United States. Son of William LeRoy and Caroline Talbott (Wood) Furbay.
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Furbay, John Harvey was born on September 23, 1903 in Mount Gilead, Ohio, United States. Son of William LeRoy and Caroline Talbott (Wood) Furbay.
Student, Otterbein College, 1921-1923; Doctor of Laws, Otterbein College, 1968; Bachelor of Science, Asbury College, Wilmore, 1924; student, Ohio State University, 1925-1926; Master of Arts, New York University, 1927; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1931; student, Sorbonne, Paris, summer 1930; student, University Chicago, summer 1934; studies of colonial education, U. London, 1935; Doctor of Education, Hillsdale College, 1966; Doctor of Literature, Salem College, 1967.
Professor biology and education, Taylor U., Upland, Indiana, 1927-1929, 31-33; professor education and biology, College of Emporia, Kansas, 1933-1935; president, College West Africa, Monrovia, Liberia, 1935-1939; professor education, Mills College, 1939-1944; director Summer Session and Casa Pan-Americana, Mills College, 1942, 43; specialist in international education, United States Office Edition and cultural attache United States embassies, Costa Rica and Colombia, 1943-1945; specialist in international education, United States Office Edition and cultural attache United States embassies, Colombia, 1945-1947; United States delegate, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Mexico City, 1947; United States delegate, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Beirut, 1948; United States delegate, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1949; United States delegate, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Florence, Italy, 1950; educational missions to various countries, since 1948,; educational missions to various countries, India, Siam, Formosa, 1953-1954; educational missions to various countries, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, 1955; educational missions to various countries, Ethiopia and Kenya, 1956; educational missions to various countries, Viet Nam, 1964; aviation mission, Russia, 1962; trade mission, Outer Mongolia, 1963; tourism and trade mission, Liberia, 1983; director cultural and educational services, Trans World Airlines, Inc., 1945-1980; lecturer, educational consultant cultural affairs, Trans World Airlines, Inc., since 1970. Educational consultant General Motors, 1957-1981. Educational mission to World Conference Aerospace Education, Amman, Jordan, 1989.
President International Scholarship Fund, 1960-1999. President John Furbay Associates, Inc., 1970-1999, John Furbay Productions, 1986-1999. Staff lecturer Defense Intelligence School, 1960-1972.
Member collecting staff American Museum Natural History. Colonel United States Air Force-Civil Air Patrol. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, National, Royal Geography Society, Royal Anthropological Institute.
Member National Education Association, National Speakers Association (founding), Society of America Travel Writers, Civil Air Patrol, Wings Club, Circumnavigators Club, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Elizabeth Jane Dearmin, December 19, 1930 (deceased 1946). Children: John Talmadge, Judith Alison. Married Mauri Heinrichsmeyer, September 29, 1951 (deceased 1985).
Married Melody Ruffalo Jenckes-Kibbey, April 10, 1987.