Background
Ricks, Victor E. was born on October 15, 1914 in Winfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Willie Eugene and Edna Earl (Myers) Ricks.
Ricks, Victor E. was born on October 15, 1914 in Winfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Willie Eugene and Edna Earl (Myers) Ricks.
Student, Culver-Stockton College, 1934. Bachelor, University Missouri, 1937. Master of Arts, University Missouri, 1941.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1950.
Elementary school teacher, Troy, Missouri, 1934-1936;
elementary school teacher, Columbia, Missouri, 1937-1941;
instructor speech and radio, Stephens College, Columbia, 1941-1943;
counselor to men, U. Oklahoma, 1946-1948;
dean students, State University of New York, Oswego, 1950-1952;
professor education division education, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1952-1968;
professor education, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1968-1972. Special consultant education College Dentistry, 1959-1965. Member of faculty Fresno (California) State College, summer 1959.
Director National Hide Association Training School, 1953-1958. Director American Dietetic Association Workshop on Teaching, 1961, 63.
Chairman Illinois Commission for Teacher Education and Professional Standards, 1960-1965. President Whittier School Parent-Teachers Association, Oak Park, Illinois, 1961. Member Commission on Higher Education for Illinois Disciples of Christ, 1967-1972.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member National Education Association, Illinois Education Association, Association for Higher Education, American Association of University Professors, Association School Curriculum and Development, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Harriet J. Sterling, October 15, 1943. Children: Marilyn J. Trotter, Cynthia S.