Robert G. Newby

Background

Newby, Robert G. was born on June 27, 1935 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Evora Belcher, Jack Belcher (Stepfather).

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, California, 1974.

Career

Professor sociology Wayne State University, Detroit. Teacher Pontiac Public Schools, 1961—1966. Regional director Michigan Civil Rights Commission, Battle Creek, 1966—1968, education specialist Detroit, 1969—1970.

Professor sociology Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, 1988—2007.

Achievements

• Robert G. Newby has been listed as a noteworthy social studies educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Delaware Democratic National Convention, San Francisco, 1984. Member executive committee Oakland County (Michigan) Democratic Party, Pontiac, 1964—1966. Member Rainbow television Workshop, Boston.

Member of Michigan Sociological Association (Charles Horton Cooley award 2006), American Educational Research Association, Society Study Social Problems (division chair), American Sociological Association (srem section chair, chair cox, johnson, & frazier committee), Association Social and Behavioral Scientists (president), Association Black Sociologists 1993-1994, (James E. Blackwell Founder’s award 2009), North Central Sociological Association 1996-1997, (Aida A Tomeh Distinguished Service award 2002), Kappa Alpha Psi.

Connections

Married Diane E. Savage, July 5, 1991. Children: Lewis Terry, Bukeka Shoals, Makeda Hawk, Jerhome Petway.

Father:

Evora Belcher Newby

Spouse:

Diane E. Savage

child:

Bukeka Shoals Newby

child:

Lewis Terry Newby

child:

Jerhome Petway Newby

child:

Makeda Hawk Newby