Background
Gasper, Louis was born on February 10, 1911 in Lorain, Ohio, United States. Son of Daniel and Matilda (Cinders) Gasper.
Gasper, Louis was born on February 10, 1911 in Lorain, Ohio, United States. Son of Daniel and Matilda (Cinders) Gasper.
DGB, Moody Bible Institute, 1940. Bachelor cum laude, Bowling Green State University, 1947. Bachelor of Science in Education cum laude, Bowling Green State University, 1947.
Master of Arts, Bowling Green State University, 1949. Bachelor of Divinity, Findlay College Graduate School Divinity, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy in American culture, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1958.
AMEd, University Southern California, 1962. MAc Arts and Doctor of Philosophy, American College Acupuncture, 1966. Master of Divinity, Winebrenner Theological Seminary, 1968.
With, United States Steel Corporation, 1929-1938;
minister, various churches, Illinois, Ohio., 1939-1957;
teacher, Fostoria (Ohio) High School, 1945-1947;
associate professor of history, Bluffton College, 1949-1950;
associate professor, Florence (Alabama) State University (name changed to Northern Alabama U.), 1957-1958;
teacher, Los Angeles City Schools, 1958-1959;
associate professor, Humboldt State University, California, 1959-1960;
associate professor sociology director elementary education, Los Angeles Pacific College (name changed to Azusa Pacific College), 1961-1963;
professor sociology, chairman department sociology, Los Angeles Pierce College, 1963-1976;
emeritus professor, department chair, Los Angeles Pierce College, since 1976. Professor sociology, chair department philosophy education and sociology, 1967-1976. President faculty association, 1967-1968.
Chair academic senate, 1967-1968. Senior member curriculum committee, 1973-1976. Assistant professor California State University, Northridge, part-time, 1964-1967.
Associate professor California State University, Los Angeles, 1967-1971, Long Beach, 1971-1973, member Emeriti and Retired Family, 1989. Member research staff University of Southern California, 1965-1968. Marriage, family and child counselor, since 1963.
Intern American Institute Family Rels., Hollywood, California, 1963-1965, assistant staff associate, since 1965. Coordinator Acupuncture Research Institute, secretary, director, since 1977, others. President Los Angeles International U, Samuel Hahnemann School Homoeopathic Medicine.
Dual ministerial relations with United Church of Christ, 1962, American Red Cross. Committee member in formation of the Advanced Medical Aide Corps Cuyahoga County Civil Defense and Cleveland Academy, 1956. Red Cross disaster trainer National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Reynoldlite Aluminum Rocket Plant, Tuscumbia, Alabama, 1957.
Appointed by Governor Wilson California Blue Ribbon Committee for Scope of Practice for acupuncture, 1992. Member United Acupuncturists of California (English speaking chairman board, since 1978), American Sociological Association (emeritus), Acupuncture Research Institute Alumni Association (editor A.R.I. Meridian), Homoepathic Medical Association American (president 1985), American Association Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (founder 1981), California Association Marriage Counselors (charter, life), Pierce College Faculty Association (president 1967-1968), Group Psychotherapy Association, Southern California Book and Motor Society (Bowling Green State University), Gold Card Peace Officers Association (life), Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Kappa Delta, Kappa Delta Pi.
Married Nellie Mabel Kremer, March 27, 1943.