Robert Walker Sellen

Background

Sellen, Robert Walker was born on October 13, 1930 in Topeka. Son of Arthur G. and Grace E. (Walker) Sellen.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Washburn University, 1952. Master of Arts (Danforth fellow), University Chicago, 1955, Doctor of Philosophy (University fellow), 1958.

Career

Assistant professor, associate professor history Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, 1958-1964, department chairman, 1963-1964. Associate professor history Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1964-1968, professor since 1968. Visiting professor New York University, 1965, 68, 70.

Lecturer University San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 1980.

Democratic election judge, 1960.

Achievements

• Robert Walker Sellen has been listed as a noteworthy historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1952-1954. Member American History Association, Organization American Historians, Society for Historians of America Foreign Relations, American Association of University Professors (president Kansas conference 1962-1963), World Future Society Presbyterian. Company-editor: The Eisenhower Era, 1974.

Connections

Married Donna Deck, July 12, 1952.

Father:

Arthur G. Sellen

Mother:

Grace East. (Walker) Sellen

Spouse:

Donna Deck