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Garver, Newton was born on April 24, 1928 in Buffalo. Son of John N. Junior and Dorothy M. (Lamy) Garver.
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Garver, Newton was born on April 24, 1928 in Buffalo. Son of John N. Junior and Dorothy M. (Lamy) Garver.
AB, Swarthmore College, 1951; Bachelor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, England, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1965.
Teacher English, National College, Choueifat, Lebanon, 1954-1956; instructor philosophy, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1956-1957; lecturer philosophy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1958-1961; lecturer philosophy, U. Buffalo, 1961-1966; associate professor philosophy, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1966-1971; professor philosophy, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1971; distinguished service professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1991.
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Workshop trainer Alternatives to Violence Project, New York State Prisons, 1990—2002. President Bolivian Quaker Education Fund, since 2002. Member of American Philosophical Association (parliamentarian).
Married Anneliese L. Sprecher, April, 1957. Children: Julia Amy, Cecily Cay, Geoffrey, Miriam.