Robert Winston Roberts

Background

Roberts, Robert Winston was born on July 23, 1932 in Baltimore. Son of Kelmer Swan Roberts and Lettie Mae (Collins) Johnston.

Education

Bachelor with high honors, San Francisco State University, 1957. Master of Social Work, University California, Berkeley, 1959. Doctor in Social Welfare, Columbia University, 1970.

Career

Caseworker, Edgewood Protestant Orphanage, San Francisco, 1959-1962; caseworker, Jewish Family Service, San Francisco, 1962-1963; research associate, University of California, Berkeley, 1963-1965; research analyst, Family Service Association American, New York City, 1965-1969; assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1967-1970; professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1970-1990; dean school social work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1980-1988; dean emeritus, professor emeritus, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1990. Visiting professor Western Australia Institute Technology (now Curtin U.), Perth, 1976-1977, Chinese U. Hong Kong and University Hong Kong, 1980. Consultant Crittenton Services, Los Angeles, 1970-1972, James Weldon Johnson Community Center, New York, 1966-1967.

Board directors El Centro, Los Los Angeles.

Achievements

• Robert Winston Roberts has been listed as a noteworthy Social work educator, dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Theories of Social Casework

    (University of Chicago Press. l970.5th printing; hardback....)

  • Theories of Social Casework

    (HARDCOVER, 408 PAGES)

  • Theory and Practice of Community Social Work
  • { THEORIES OF SOCIAL WORK WITH GROUPS } by Roberts, Robert E (AUTHOR) Aug-22-1976 Hardcover
  • Theories of Social Casework

Membership

Staff sergeant United States Air Force, 1950-1954. Sergeant 1st class United States Army Reserve, 1956-1959. Member American Civil Liberties Union, National Association of Social Workers (chairman social action committee 1960-1961), Council on Social Work Education (board directors 1970-1973, delegate to assembly 1971-1972, commission minority groups 1972-1973).

Interests

• Avocations: cooking, reading, travel, photography.

Connections

Married Helen Elizabeth Perpich, March 4, 1964 (divorced August 1997). Life partner Paul Edwards.

Father:

Kelmer Swan Roberts Johnston

Mother:

Lettie Mae (Collins) Johnston

Spouse:

Helen Elizabeth Perpich