Background
Board, Joseph Breckinridge was born on March 5, 1931 in Princeton, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph Breckinridge and Rachel Eleanor (Unthank) Board.
Board, Joseph Breckinridge was born on March 5, 1931 in Princeton, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph Breckinridge and Rachel Eleanor (Unthank) Board.
AB with highest honors, Indiana U., 1953; Juris Doctor, Indiana U., 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana U., 1962; Bachelor (Rhodes scholar 1953-1955), Oxford (England) University, 1955; Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Umea U., Sweden, 1973.
Teaching fellow government, Indiana U., 1955-1958;
lecturer government, Indiana U., 1958;
assistant professor political science, Elmira College, 1959-1961;
associate professor political science, department chairman, Cornell College, 1961-1964;
professor political science, department chairman, Union College, Schenectady, since 1964;
Robert Porter Patterson professor government, Union College, since 1973;
chairman faculty, Union College, 1983-1985;
president, Paralegals-Plus Associations, Inc., since 1986. Academic visitor London School Economics and Political Science, 1972-1973. Adjunct professor.Albany Law School, since 1974.
Scholar-in-residence School Law Indiana U., since 1999. Acting professor, department chairman political science U. Umea, 1979. Visiting professor U. Paris (Sorbonne), 1987.
Member Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee Nebraska, 1961-1962, Iowa, 1963-1964, New York, 1991, 92. Member regional selection committee for Woodrow Wilson Fellowships, since 1966. Member executive county Iowa Conference Political Scientists, 1963-1965.
Special advisory college and university affairs YoungCitizens for Johnson, 1964. Consultant National Endowment Humanities, 1968, New York State Department Education, 1968. Member political science advising committee Fulbright-HaysProgram, 1969-1973.
Associate, advising committee for Western Europe Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Chairman Scandinavian peer review committee Linkages Project. Member United States Committee on North Atlantic Treaty Organization Fellowships.
Consultant, co-host Nobel Prize broadcast National Public Radio, 1976. Visiting fellow Oriel College, Oxford, since 1994. Academic associate The Atlantic Council.
Chair board advisors Transnat. Research Project on Effects of European Unification.
Board advisers Schenectady Salvation Army. Trustee, treasurer Schnectady County Community College. Trustee Oriel College (University of Oxford), Development Trust,1991-.
Member American Association Rhodes Scholars, American Political Science Association, American Association of University Professors, Indiana Bar, American Arbitration Association, Am-Scandinavian Foundation (commission on fellowships since 1981), Northeastern Political Science Association (executive Council 1972), Society for Advancement Scandinavian Studies (executive council 1972), Society Letters (Lund U.), Acacia, Phi Beta Kappa.
Children fromprevious marriage: Ian Robert, Annika Caroline, Amanda Anne. Married MarySquire, January 1, 1998.