Background
Caldwell, John Tyler was born on December 19, 1911 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, United States. Son of Joseph Redford and Lilley (Tyler) Caldwell.
science educator university administrator
Caldwell, John Tyler was born on December 19, 1911 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, United States. Son of Joseph Redford and Lilley (Tyler) Caldwell.
Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State College, 1932. A.M., Duke, 1936; Doctor of Laws, Duke, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1939.
Student, University Wisconsin, 1938. Student, Naval School Military Government, Columbia, 1943. Master of Arts, Naval School Military Government, Columbia, 1945.
Doctor of Laws, College Ozarks, 1955. Doctor of Laws, Wake Forest College, 1960. Doctor of Laws, Duke University, 1965.
Doctor of Laws, University Maryland, 1970. Doctor of Laws, North Carolina State University, 1975. Doctor of Laws, University Arkansas, 1976.
Doctor of Laws, University Montevallo, 1979.
Teacher social science and band director, Holmes Junior College, Goodman, Mississippi, 1932-1936;
junior economist, United States Resettlement Administration, 1936-1937;
assistant economist, land use planning, Bureau Agricultural Economics, United States Department of Agriculture, summer, 1939;
instructor political science, Vanderbilt University, 1939-1942;
assistant professor, Vanderbilt University, 1942-1946;
leave of absence, 1942-1946;
associate professor, 1946-1947;
president, Alabama College, Montevallo, 1947-1952;
president, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1952-1959;
chancellor, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, 1959-1975;
chancellor emeritus, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, since 1975. Professor politics, since 1959. Educational consultant Ford Foundation in Pakistan, 1954.
Official member for Alabama Southern Regional Education Board, 1948-1952. Member of advisory committee Agency for International Development-University Relations, 1965-1969. Trustee Ednl. Testing Service, 1957-1960, 65-69, 70-74, Chairman of the Board, 1966-1967, 68-69, 73-74.
Member United States National Commission United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1968-1970. Board directors Overseas Development Council, 1969-1979. President National Association State Universities and Land-Grant Colls., 1962, chairman international affairs committee, 1966-1969.
Board visitors Air U., Maxwell Air Force Base, 1970-1973, chairman, 1972-1973. Trustee Princeton, 1976-1980, National Humanities Center, since 1976, Warren Wilson College, since 1985. President Triangle Universities Center for Advanced Studies, Inc., 1975-1982, director, 1975-1980.
Interim president Research Triangle Foundation, 1988.
Active National Board Common Cause, 1987-1990. Served from ensign to lieutenant Commander United States Navy, 1942-1946. Member American Political Science Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Blue Key, Pi Kappa Alpha.
Clubs: Rotary, Watauga, Carolina Country.
Married Catherine Wadsworth Zeek, May 16, 1947 (deceased February 1961). Children: Alice Beaulieu, Andrew Morton, Charles Franklin, Helen Tyler. Married Carol Schroeder Erskine, June 29, 1963.
Children: Carol Case Erskine, Melanie Ann Erskine (Mistress M.F. Johnston).
