John William Davis

Background

Davis, John William was born on July 15, 1926 in Clendenin, West Virginia, United States. Son of Benjamin Hubert and Grace Louise (Counts) Davis.

Education

Bachelor, West Virginia University, 1950; postgraduate, Ohio State University, 1950-1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Emory University, 1959.

Career

Vice president sales, Continental Distributing Company, Columbus, Ohio., 1952-1954; assistant professor philosophy, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1957-1963; associate professor philosophy, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1963-1966; head department philosophy, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1966-1988; professor, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1966-1991; professor emeritus, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1991.

Achievements

• John William Davis has been listed as a noteworthy Philosophy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Value and valuation;: Axiological studies in honor of Robert S. Hartman

Membership

Chairman board directors Foundation for Philosophy of Creativity, Carbondale, Illinois, since 1976, Hartman Institute for Axiology, Knoxville, 1978-1991, chairman emeritus, since 1991. With United States Army, 1945-1946. Member American Philosophical Association, Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, American Society for Value Inquiry (president 1970-1972), Society for Philosophy of Creativity, Sigma Chi.

Connections

Married Helen Revenna Gandee, September 1, 1950 (divorced October 1970). Children: Nancy Carol, Amy Elizabeth, Paul Benjamin.

Father:

Benjamin Hubert Davis

Mother:

Grace Louise (Counts) Davis

Spouse:

Helen Revenna Gandee

child:

Paul Benjamin Davis

child:

Amy Elizabeth Davis

child:

Nancy Carol Davis