Thomas Frank Barton, Sr.

Background

Sr., Thomas Frank Barton, was born on December 3, 1905 in Cornell, Illinois, United States. Son of Frank Douglas and Martha (Gamlin) B.

Education

Diploma, Illinois State University, 1929. Bachelor of Education, Illinois State University, 1930. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Illinois State University, 1977.

Master of Philisophy, University Wisconsin, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy, University Nebraska, 1935.

Career

Rural school teacher, 1925-1927; graduate teaching assistant, department geography, University of Wisconsin, 1930-1932; graduate teaching assistant, department geography, U. Nebraska, 1932-1934; assistant professor geography, Memphis State College, summers 1933, 34. Associate professor social studies Nebraska State Teachers College, 1934-1935. Professor geography, head geography-geology department, Southern Illinois U., 1935-1948.

Visiting professor geography U. Nebraska, summer 1947. Associate professor Indiana U., 1947-1951, professor geography, from 1951, on leave, 1955-1957. Visiting professor geography and social studies Sri Nakharinwirot U., Bangkok, Thailand, 1955-1957.

Supervisor United States Airway Weather Station, Southern Illinois U., 1941-1947.

Achievements

• Thomas Frank Barton Senior has been listed as a notable Geographer, educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

One of 4 delegations representing United States at 6 week United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization seminar McDonald College, St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, July-August 1950. Secretary Internat.Geog. Union Commision on Teaching Geography in Schools, 1952-1955.

Educational motion picture collaborator and adviser. Member Illinois Reserve Militia. Ground instructor meterology Civilian Pilot Training Program.

Geography instructor Army A.C. Training Program, all 1942-1943. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Council Geography Education (distinguished service award 1965), National Council Geography Teachers (president 1948). Member American Geography Society, American Association of University Professors, Association American Geographers, Royal Geography Society, Nebraska Council Geography Teachers (president 1935), Illinois Council Geography Teachers (president 1939-1940), Indiana Council Geography Teachers (president 1961-1963), Illinois Academy Social Science, Indiana Academy Social Science (president 1972-1973), Illinois Education Association, Indiana State Teachers Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Phi Kappa, Pi Kappa Delta, Kappa DeltaPi, Phi Gamma Mu, Gamma Theta Upsilon.

Connections

Married Erselia Master of Arts Monticello, September 26, 1931. 1 son, Thomas Frank Monticello.

Father:

Frank Douglas B.

Mother:

Martha (Gamlin) B.

Spouse:

Erselia Master of Arts Monticello