Background
Puryear, Vernon John was born on March 31, 1901 in Sulphur Springs, Oklahoma, United States. Son of William Page and Martha Anna (Hawkins) Puryear.
Puryear, Vernon John was born on March 31, 1901 in Sulphur Springs, Oklahoma, United States. Son of William Page and Martha Anna (Hawkins) Puryear.
Bachelor of Arts, Baylor University, 1921. Master of Arts, University of Missouri, 1925. Doctor of Philisophy, University of California, 1929.
Research fellow of Social Science Research Council, 1930-1931.
Instructor history, University of Missouri, 1926-1928. Teaching fellow in European history, University of California, 1928-1929. Professor of history and political science, Albany (Oregon) College, 1929-1933.
Associate professor Social Science, Humboldt State College, Arcata, California, 1933-1934. Professor, 1934-1937. Assistant professor of history, University of California, 1937-1942, associate professor, 1942-1948, professor 1948-1952, professor of political science, 1952-1970.
Visiting professor of history, University of Oregon, summer session, 1932, Miami University, Oxford, O., summer session, 1935, College of Pacific, summer 1948, University of Chicago, 1949.
Capital punishment be administered only when the pursuit of truth and justice result in clear and overwhelming evidence of guilt.
The erroneous notion that one gender must strive against another cannot be accepted.
Member American History Association (member executive council Pacific Coast branch 1937, 52), American Political Science Association, Academy of Political Science, American Academy Political and Society Science, Foreign Policy Association, Alpha Pi Zeta. Clubs: Faculty (Berkeley and Davis).
Married Thelma M. Robinett, June 18, 1929.