Background
Heckert, Paul Charles was born on May 30, 1929 in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Kester and Clara Belle (Plessinger) Heckert.
Heckert, Paul Charles was born on May 30, 1929 in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Kester and Clara Belle (Plessinger) Heckert.
Bachelor, Catawba College, 1951. Bachelor's Degree, Lancaster Theological Seminary, 1954. Master of Science, Cornell, 1959.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell, 1964.
Missionary United Church of Christ, Honduras, 1954—1960. Clergyman of various Methodist church New York, 1960—1964. Associate professor sociology, also chairman department Catawaba College, North Carolina, 1964—1968.
Professor Catawaba College, 1968—1972. Chairman joint department sociology Livingstone College, Salisbury. Chairman department sociology Frostburg State University, Maryland, 1972—1987, professor, 1987—1994.
Support visitor, Prison, since 1995. Delegate Rowan Cooperative Christian ministry, 1968-1972. Spanish and sociology volunteer teacher federal prison.
Member leadership development committee Pennsylvania West Conference, United Church of Christ, 1973-1978. Board director Salisbury Rowan Community Service Council, 1971-1972. Served with Army of the United States, 1948-1950.
Ford fellow, summer 1968, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, American Society for Engineering Education summer faculty fellow, 1969, 77, Atomic Energy Commission summer faculty fellow, 1973.
Served with Army of the United States, 1948-1950.Ford fellow, summer 1968, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/American Society for Engineering Education summer faculty fellow, 1969, 77,Atomic Energy Commission summer faculty fellow, 1973. Member.AAAS, American Sociological Association, Rural Sociological Society, Alleghany County Retired Teachers Association (membership chairman 1997, president-elect 1998), Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Kappa Delta, Sigma Delta Pi, Delta Tau Kappa.
Married Sara Mae (Raezer), September 6, 1952. Children: Paul Andrew, Druann Maria, Daniel Alex, Nathanael Alan, Diane Manette.