John Warren Hanks (1918- ) was born in Stratton, Nebraska. He graduated from Antioch College in 1941 with a degree in Social Sciences. He served as a conscientious objector during World War II in various posts including a youth counselor at the Cheltenham School for Boys (a segregated, African-American reform school) near Washington, D.C. At the end of the war Hanks went to the University of Chicago and graduated with an M.A. in Psychiatric Social Work. He worked as a psychiatric social worker until entering Michigan State University and earning a Ph. D. in Adult Education in 1965. In 1967, Hanks moved to Laramie, Wyoming, so that he could start a social work program at the University of Wyoming. After retirement in 1981, Hanks was was involved in many community affairs from Gay Rights to abolishing smoking in Laramie restaurants.
From the description of Papers, 1941-2001. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 47955051
