Background
Newell, Barbara Warne was born on August 19, 1929 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Colston E. and Frances (Corbett) Warne.
Newell, Barbara Warne was born on August 19, 1929 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Colston E. and Frances (Corbett) Warne.
Bachelor, Vassar College, 1951. Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1958.
D. Public Service, University Wisconsin. Doctor of Humane Letters, Trinity College, 1973. Doctor of Humane Letters, Lesley College, 1978.
Doctor of Laws, Central Michigan University, 1973. Doctor of Laws, Williams College, 1974. Doctor of Laws, Rollins College, 1981.
Doctor of Laws, Butler University, 1983. Doctor of Laws, Monmouth College, 1986. Doctor of Letters, Northeastern University, 1974.
Doctor of Letters, Mount Vernon College, 1975. Doctor of Letters, Lesley College, 1978. Doctor of Letters, Denison University, 1978.
Doctor of Letters, Eckerd College, 1982. Doctor of Letters, Gettysburg College, 1982. Doctor of Letters, Dennison University, 1978.
D.Adminstrn., Purdue University, 1976. Doctor of Science, Florida Institute of Technology, 1981. Doctor of Humane Letters, Eckerd College, 1982.
Doctor of Laws, Butler University, 1983. Doctor Public Service, Alaska Pacific University, 1986. DsPS, University Maryland, 1987.
Assistant to chancellor, University of Wisconsin, 1965-1967; research, teaching assistant, associate, University of Illinois, 1954-1959; assistant professor, then associate professor economics, Purdue University, 1959-1965; assistant to president, associate professor economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1967-1971; acting vice president student affairs, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1968-1970; professor economics, associate provost graduate study and research, U. Pittsburgh, 1971; president, Wellesley (Massachusetts) College, 1972-1979; United States representative with rank ambassador to, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1979-1981; chancellor, State University System Florida, Tallahassee, 1981-1985; Regents professor, Florida State University, 1985-1996; retired, 1996. Visiting scholar Harvard University, 1985-1986, visiting lecturer, 1986-1987.
Trustee Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, since 1973. Board directors Americans for the Universality of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, since 1984. Member Florida Edition and Employment Council for Women and Girls, since 1992.
Married George V. Thompson, June 15, 1954 (deceased 1954). Married George S. Newell, June 9, 1956 (deceased 1964). Married Ernest Kolowrat, March 18, 1996.
1 child, Elizabeth Penfield.