Background
Davenport, Manuel Manson was born on June 14, 1929 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.
Davenport, Manuel Manson was born on June 14, 1929 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.
AB, Bethany Nazarene College, 1950; Master of Arts, Colorado College, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1957.
Elementary school teacher, 1950-1952; instructor, Colorado College, 1956-1957; assistant, associate professor, Colorado State University, 1957-1967; professor philosophy, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1967; head department, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1967-1976; distinguished visiting professor, United States Air Force Academy, 1980-1981, 94-95.
Served with United States Army, 1952. Member American Association of University Professors (past chapter president), Southwestern Philosophical Society (past president), American Philosophical Association, American Society for Aesthetics (Rocky Mountain division past president), Mountain Plains Philosophical Association (past chairman), Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Son of Ernest Alfred and Anna (Brauer) D. Divorced; children: Marian, Mark, Mitchel, David, Brian, Linda.