Background
Kuntz, Paul Grimley was born on November 22, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Franklin Samuel and Sadie Treichler (Grimley) Kuntz.
Kuntz, Paul Grimley was born on November 22, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Franklin Samuel and Sadie Treichler (Grimley) Kuntz.
Bachelor of Arts with high honors in Philosophy, Haverford College, 1937; Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Harvard University, 1940; School of Theology and Ministry, Harvard University, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1946.
Assistant to dean, Harvard University, 1938-1941;
instructor, Smith College, 1946-1948;
assistant professor philosophy, Grinnell College, 1948-1952;
associate professor, Grinnell College, 1952-1957;
professor, Grinnell College, 1957-1966;
Noble professor, Grinnell College, 1961-1966;
director, Grinnell Seminar on Order, 1963-1964;
professor philosophy, Emory University, Atlanta, 1966-1986;
department chairman, Emory University, 1966-1969. Kent fellow Society Values in Higher Education, 1945. Ford fellow Yale University 1955-1956.
Fellow Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Smithsonian Institution, 1969-1970.
Member American Philosophical Association, Mind Association, Metaphys. Society of America (councillor 1963-1965, delegate to American Council Learned Societies 1966-1970, program chairman 1978), American Society Political and Legal Philosophy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Mediaeval Academy American, British Society Aesthetics, American Catholic Philosophical Association (executive council 1970-1973), American Society Aesthetics (trustee 1966-1970), History Science Society, Society Symbolic Logic, Royal Institute Philosophy (London), Australasian Society Philosophy, Church History Society, Society Ancient Greek Philosophy, Iowa Philosophical Society (president 1961-1962), John Dewey Society, Wider Quaker Fellowship, Society Realistic Philosophy, Southern Society Philosophy and Psychology (program chairman 1969), Society Philosophy Religion, Georgia Philosophy Society (president 1968), Christian Science Peirce Society, Société Europénne de Culture, International Society for Metaphysics (chairman organizing committee, honorary president since 1973), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Marion Leathers Daniels, November 26, 1970. Children (by previous marriage): Sarah Zabriskie Kuntz Dilworth, Joel DuBois, Timothy Romeyn, Susan Deborah Kuntz Sawyer.