Puthenpeedikayil Koshy Geevarghese

Background

Geevarghese, Puthenpeedikayil Koshy was born on May 7, 1933 in Mavelikara, Kerala, India. Came to the United States, 1958. Son of Puthenpeedikayil Kurien and Annamma (Oommen) Koshy.

Education

GTh, Leonard College, Jabalpur, India, 1957. Diploma in Organized Social Research, Leonard College, Jabalpur, India, 1958. Bachelor's Degree, Serampore College, Calcutta, India, 1958.

Master of Sacred Theology, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1959. Master of Arts, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1964.

Career

Library, Municipal Library., Kerala, India, 1951-1953; graduate assistant, Miami University, 1960-1961; graduate assistant, research assistant, instructor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1961-1964; instructor, Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) College, 1964-1965; assistant professor, Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) College, 1965-1968; associate professor, U. Chattanooga and University Tennessee, 1968-1990; professor sociology and anthropology, U. Tennessee, Chattanooga, since 1990. Consultant Community Action Agency, Gettysburg, 1965-1968. Speaker, counselor Congressional Churches, Boston, 1959-1960, United Presbyterian Churches, 1961-1962, Dayton (Ohio) Young Men’s Christian Association, 1963.

Achievements

• Puthenpeedikayil Koshy Geevarghese has been listed as a noteworthy sociology and anthropology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Changing Small-Town in South India

    (Paperback book.)

  • A new economic order: A revolutionary plan to eradicate poverty from the world

Membership

Teacher adult Sunday School class Tyner United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, 1970-1989. Member National Education Association, Tennessee Education Association, Society Applied Sociology (membership committee since 1986, member editorial committee Journal Applied Sociology since 1990), International Sociological Association.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, speaking, debating, gardening.

Connections

Married Grace Mathew, June 14, 1965. Children: Sunil Koshy, Salin George, Sajeena Mariam.

Father:

Puthenpeedikayil Kurien Koshy

Mother:

Annamma (Oommen) Koshy

Spouse:

Grace Mathew

child:

Sunil Koshy Geevarghese

child:

Salin George Geevarghese

child:

Sajeena Mariam Geevarghese