Background
Safford, Philip Lane was born on July 3, 1935 in Cleveland. Son of Clarence William and Georgianna Theresa (Ingersoll) Safford.
psychologist education educator
Safford, Philip Lane was born on July 3, 1935 in Cleveland. Son of Clarence William and Georgianna Theresa (Ingersoll) Safford.
Bachelor in English Education, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1957. Master of Arts in Education and Counseling, Kent State University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Education and Psychology, University Michigan, 1967.
Teacher English and composition Mentor-Bay Village Junior and Senior High School, 1957—1961. Director educational therapy Sagamore Hills Child Psychiatric Hospital, Ohio, 1961—1963. Special education teacher, coordinator Berea Children's Home, 1963—1965.
Trustee, since 1980; fellow, research assistant educational and psychological program United States Office Education, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1965—1967. Professor education Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1967—1974. Professor, chairman special education Kent State University, since 1974.
Co-director Family Child Learning Center, Kent and Cuyahoga Falls, since 1980. Consultant Society Crippled Children Cuyahoga County, School district. Member Member Governor's Advisory Council Special Education, Columbus, 1976—1978.
Board governors Cuyahoga Special Education Services Center, since 1976, Spaulding for Children-Beech Brook, Orange, Ohio, since 1978. Trustee Berea (Ohio) Children's Home, since 1980.
Member of Phi Delta Theta, Phi Delta Kappa, Association Persons with Severe Handicaps (executive council Ohio chapter since 1984), Council Exceptional Children (division on early education, teacher education division, mental retardation division, coun children behavioral disorders, Educator of Year 1981).
Married Mary Jane Thompson, August 17, 1957. Children: Elizabeth Jane, Lynne Ellen.