McCallister, Ralph, 1905-1988.

Ralph McCallister was vice-president of the Chautauqua Institution, Jamestown, N.Y., 1944-1961; executive director of Shakertown, Lexington, Ky., 1961-1962; operations director of the Learning Institute of North Carolina, 1964-1966; vice-president of the Regional Education Laboratory for the Carolinas and Virginia, 1966-1969; and an official with other organizations.

From the description of Ralph McCallister papers, 1936-1985 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25300777

1905 Born 28 September in Carmi, Illinois

1930 Received Ph.D in History, Social Philosophy, and Education from University of Chicago. Married Margaret Emde

1931-1932 Social Science teacher at Mt. Clemens High School, Mt. Clemens, Michigan

1932-1936 Social Science teacher and head of department, Dearborn High School, Dearborn, Michigan

1936 Received M.A. in History, Social Philosophy, and Education from University of Michigan

1936-1948 Director, Adult Education, Council of Chicago

1944-1961 Director of Programs and Education, and Vice-President, Chautauqua Institution

1947 Married Margaret Land after death of his first wife

1948-1952 Visiting lecturer, Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University

1961-1962 Executive director, Shakertown, an historic village near Lexington, Kentucky

1962-1963 Executive director, National Conference on Scientific Information, New York City

1963-1964 Coordinator of planning, North Carolina Advancement School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1964-1966 Operations director, Learning Institute of North Carolina, Rougemont, North Carolina

1966-1969 Vice-president and project director, and later director of special programs, Regional Education Laboratory for the Carolinas and Virginia

1969 Consultant to the University of the State of New York, the State Education Department on the evaluation of Community Education Centers in a state-wide urban education development program Visiting associate professor, North Carolina State University, Department of Adult Education

1969-1972 Consultant on medical education development, and later deputy director at the Office of Medical Studies, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1970 Executive director, National Task Force on the Adult Right to Read Effort

1988 Died, 23 April

From the guide to the Ralph McCallister Papers, ., 1936-1985, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)