Kenneth LaVern Donelson

Background

Donelson, Kenneth LaVern was born on June 16, 1927 in Holdrege, Nebraska, United States. Son of Lester Homer Irving and Minnie Irene (Lyons) Donelson.

Education

Bachelor, University Iowa, 1950. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1963.

Career

English teacher, Glidden (Iowa) High School, 1951-1956; English teacher, Thomas Jefferson High School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa., 1956-1963; assistant Professor of English Education, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1963-1965; assistant Professor of English, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1965-1967; associate Professor of English, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1967-1971; Professor of English, Arizona State University, Tempe, since 1971.

Achievements

• Kenneth Lavern Donelson has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Inspiring Literacy: Literature for Children and Young Adults by Sam Leaton Sebesta (1993-12-31)

Membership

With United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member National Council Teachers English (chairman conference on English education 1974-1976, Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Adolescent Literature 1983, president adolescent literature assembly 1980-1981, co-editor English Journal 1980-1987).

Interests

• Reading, hiking, travel.

Connections

Married Virginia Juanita Watts (divorced 1970). Children: Sheryl Lynette George, Kurt Allen. Married Annette Whetton (divorced 1983).

Married Marie Elizabeth Smith, May 30, 1983. 1 stepchild, Jenny.

Father:

Lester Homer Irving Donelson

Mother:

Minnie Irene (Lyons) Donelson

Spouse:

Annette Whetton

Spouse:

Virginia Juanita Watts

Spouse:

Marie Elizabeth Smith

child:

Kurt Allen Donelson

child:

Sheryl Lynette George Donelson