Robert Kenneth Carr

Background

Carr, Robert Kenneth was born on February 15, 1908 in Cleveland. Son of Clifford A. and Sue (Stewart) Carr.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1929, Master of Arts, Harvard, 1930, Doctor of Philosophy, 1935. Doctor of Laws, Dartmouth, Concord, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1960, U. Pittsburgh, 1962, Ripon College, 1967, Denison University, 1970.

Career

Member department government, also director bureau municipal research U. Oklahoma, 1931-1937. Member department government Dartmouth, 1937-1959. Parker professor of law and political science 1948-1959, director Great Issues course, 1955-1957.

Guggenheim fellow, 1954-1955.

President Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1960-1970. Research scholar American Council Education, 1970-1973.

Executive director Southeastern Massachusetts College Consortium, 1974-1977. Consultant United States Civil Rights Commission, 1959.

Member of advisory committee higher education Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1967-1968.

Executive secretary President's Committee on Civil Rights, 1947.

Achievements

• Robert Kenneth Carr has been listed as a notable educator, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: The Supreme Court and Judicial Review, 1942. Federal Protection of Civil Rights, 1947. American Democracy in Theory and Practice (with others), review edit., 1977.
    
    The Unamerican Activities Committee, 1952. Collective Bargaining Comes to the Campus, 1973.

Membership

Member department government, also director bureau municipal research U. Oklahoma, 1931-1937. Member department government Dartmouth, 1937-1959. Member of advisory committee higher education Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1967-1968.

Member Hanover School Board, 1943-1952.

Executive committee, trustee Carnegie Foundation Advancement Teaching, 1964-1970. Member visiting committee department government Harvard, 1965-1970.

Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Political Science Association (council 1949-1951), American Association of University Professors (council 1952-1953, Second vice president 1956-1958, general secretary 1957-1958, chairman academic freedom and tenure committee 1958-1960), New England Political Science Association (president 1955-1956), Phi Beta Kappa.

Clubs: Century (New York City).

Connections

Married Olive Grabill, August 25, 1933. Children: Norman Stewart, Elliott Grabill, Robert Clifford.

Father:

Clifford A. Carr

Mother:

Sue (Stewart) Carr

Spouse:

Olive Grabill

child:

Robert Clifford Carr

child:

Norman Stewart Carr

child:

Elliott Grabill Carr