Background
Koonts, Jones Calvin was born on September 19, 1924 in Lexington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Harvey Hill and Elsie (Tussey) Koonts.
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Green Leaves in January (inscribed)
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Jones Calvin Koonts
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Jones Calvin Koonts, American education educator. Jesse H. Jones scholar, 1951; Algernon Sydney Sullivan scholar, 1951;fellow Council Southern Universities, 1957-1958; Peabody-Harvard scholar, 1960; Fulbright grantee, 1964; fellow, seminarist Worcester College, University of Oxford, England, 1985; recipient Distinguished Service key Phi Delta Kappa.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in History and English magna cum laude, Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina, 1945. Master of Arts in Sociology, George Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Education, George Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1958.
Lit.D., Catawba College, 1979.
Career
Teacher English and social studies, Boyden High School, Salisbury, 1945-1948;
director-assistant student teaching, George Peabody College, 1951-1952;
member of faculty, Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina., 1949-1990;
professor education, Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina., 1949-1990;
professor emeritus, Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina., since 1990;
department chairman education, Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina., 1949-1987. Teacher adult education Abbeville (South Carolina.) County Community Center, 1955. Teacher graduate courses Coastal Carolina College, University of Southern California, 1971-1978.
Also Clemson U., 1956. Postdoctoral researcher University of California at Los Angeles, 1977.
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Membership
Republican South Carolina Board Education, 1966-1971. Board commissioners Piedmont Technology College, 1972-1975. Alumni board directors Catawba College, 1966.
Board advisers Gardner-Webb College, 1981-1989. Board directors Due West Retirement Center, 1993-1999. Member North Carolina Education Association (chapter secretary treasurer 1946-1947), South Carolina Association Student Teaching (founder, 1st president 1955-1956), South Carolina Council Teacher Education, Poetry Society South Carolina (board directors, William Gilmore Simms poetry prize 1973, Unicorn Poetry prize 1974, Lyric Poetry prize, 1975, Elizabeth B. Coker Poetry award 1977), National Association Teacher Educators (del South Carolina), American Association Colleges for Teacher Education (representative South Carolina), South Carolina Association of Teacher Educators (president 1979-1980, SCATE Life Membership award 1999), Academy American Poets, South Carolina Academy of Authors, American Poets and Writers (director since 2001), Literature Map South Carolina.
Connections
Married Cortlandt Morper, September 6, 1953. Children: Carlisle Woodson, Camille Walton.
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Religion
Presbyterian
Awards
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Jesse H. Jones scholar, 1951. Algernon Sydney Sullivan scholar, 1951. Fellow Council Southern Universities, 1957-1958. Peabody-Harvard scholar, 1960. Fulbright grantee, 1964. Fellow, seminarist Worcester College, Oxford University, England, 1985. Recipient Distinguished Service key Phi Delta Kappa.Jesse H. Jones scholar, 1951. Algernon Sydney Sullivan scholar, 1951. Fellow Council Southern Universities, 1957-1958.
Peabody-Harvard scholar, 1960. Fulbright grantee, 1964. Fellow, seminarist Worcester College, Oxford University, England, 1985.
Recipient Distinguished Service key Phi Delta Kappa.