Background
Benne, Kenneth Dean was born on May 11, 1908 in Morrowville, Kansas, United States. Son of Henry and Bertha Alveen (Thrun) Benne.
Benne, Kenneth Dean was born on May 11, 1908 in Morrowville, Kansas, United States. Son of Henry and Bertha Alveen (Thrun) Benne.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State College, 1930. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy (scholar Advanced School Education), Columbia University, 1941.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lesley College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Morris Brown College, 1971.
Teacher physical and biological science, Concordia (Kansas) High School, 1930-1935;
teacher chemistry, Manhattan (Kansas) High School, 1935-1936;
associate social and philosophical foundations education, Columbia Teachers College, 1938-1941;
associate professor education and research associate, Horace Mann-Lincoln Institute, 1946-1948;
assistant professor education, University of Illinois, 1941-1946;
professor education, University of Illinois, 1948-1953;
editor, Adult Leadership, 1952-1953;
Berenson professor, Boston University, 1953-1973;
professor emeritus philosophy and human relations, Boston University, 1973-1992. Director Human Rels. Center, 1953-1961. President Staff and Organisation Consultation, Inc., 1975-1989.
Vice president Boston Adult Education Center, 1957-1960. Executive Board New England Adult Education Institute, 1958-1969. Fellow National Training Laboratory, 1959-1992, director, 1959-1962, 66-70.
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Member Mayor's Civic Unity Committee, Boston, 1954-1959. Member Commission Human Relations, 1957-1965. Served to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1946.
Fellow National Council Religion in Higher Education, International Institute Arts and Letters, NTL Institute. Member Adult Education Association (president 1955-1956, publications committee 1956-1959), Society for Psychological Study Social Issues, American Philosophical Association, Philosophy of Education Society (president 1950-1951), American Education Fellowship (president 1949-1952), International Association Applied Social Scientists (Chairman of the Board 1971-1973), Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta Pi.