Background

Brumbaugh, Robert Sherrick was born on December 2, 1918 in Oregon, Illinois, United States. Son of Aaron John and Marjorie Ruth (Sherrick) Brumbaugh.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1938; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1942; Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1960.

Career

Faculty, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine., 1946-1949; Faculty, Indiana U., 1949-1952; Faculty, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1952-1988; professor philosophy, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1961-1988; professor emeritus, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, since 1988. Research fellow American School Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, 1962-1963. Fulbright visiting professor Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1967.

Scholar in residenceRockefeller Bellagio Research and Conference Center, 1981.

Achievements

• Robert Sherrick Brumbaugh has been listed as a noteworthy philosophy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Whitehead, Process Philosophy, and Education

    (This present study began as the author's extension and ap...)

  • The Spirit of Western Philosophy: A Historical Interpretation: The Collected Works of Newton P. Stallknecht (Collected Works of Newton P. Stallknecht, 2)

    (This work, intended as a textbook for undergraduates and ...)

  • The Philosophers Of Greece

    ( This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur...)

  • Plato for the Modern Age (Paperback) - Common

    (The first one-volume introduction to Plato's biography wi...)

  • Plato for the Modern Age

    (The first one-volume introduction to Plato's biography wi...)

  • The Spirit of Western Philosophy a Historical Interpretation Including Selections From the Major European Philosophers

    (540 page hard cover text book binding of THE SPIRIT OF WE...)

  • The Philosophers of Greece

    (This is the story of philosophy in ancient and classical ...)

  • The Philosophers of Greece - Primary Source Edition

    (This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)

  • Ancient Greek gadgets and machines

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  • The Spirit of Western Philosophy: A Historical Interpretation Including Selections from the Major European Philosophers
  • Philosophers on Education
  • The Philosophers of Greece by Robert S. Brumbaugh(January 1, 1982) Paperback
  • Whitehead, Process Philosophy, and Education by Brumbaugh, Robert S. (1993) Paperback
  • Unreality and Time (SUNY Series in Philosophy)
  • Platonic Studies of Greek Philosophy Form, Arts, Arts, Gadgets and Hemlock (Special Studies in Philosophy)
  • Philosophers on education: Six essays on the foundations of Western thought

Membership

Sergeant Signal Corps United States Army, 1943-1946. Member Metaphys. Society of America (councillor 1961-1965, president 1966), American Philosophical Association, Society Ancient Greek Philosophy, American Association of University Professors (national council 1975-1978), International Academy Platonic and Aristotelian Studies of Athens, Association for Process Philosophy of Education (president 1986-1988, trustee), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Ada Zarbell Steele, June 5, 1940. Children: Robert Conrad, Susan Christianna, Joanna Pauline.

Father:

Aaron John Brumbaugh

Mother:

Marjorie Ruth (Sherrick) Brumbaugh

Spouse:

Ada Zarbell Steele

child:

Susan Christianna Brumbaugh

child:

Joanna Pauline Brumbaugh

child:

Robert Conrad Brumbaugh