Cyril o houle biography

  • CYRIL O. HOULE is professor emeritus of education at the University of Chicago and senior program consultant for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
  • Houle was born on March 26, 1913, in Sarasota, Florida.
  • Biographical History.

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    11/25/98

    Compiled by Roger Hiemstra, August, 1990; data gathered by Dixie L. Glenney, Adult Education graduate student, Fall, 1989, Roger Hiemstra, and by compilers for published resource guides.

    Name

    Cyril Orvin Houle.

    (Cyril O. Houle; Cy Houle; C. O. Houle)

    [source: Roger Hiemstra]

    Strategy Hints

    Papers at Syracuse University, Arents Library.

    [source: Terry Keenan, Arents Library]

    Bio/historical Note

    Born in Sarasota, FL, son of John Louis and Annie Mae (Hesock) Houle. Married Bettie Carr Eckhardt Totten, 1947-05-15. Children--David Eckhardt. On the faculty in Education at the University of Chicago during his career. First recipient of the W. P. Tolley Medal, Syracuse University, 1966-10-12. Citation from the Association of University Evening Colleges, 1966. Award of Merit from the National Association of Public School Adult Education, 1967. Winner of the Imogene Oakes award for Continuing Learning in the Professions, 1980. During WWII Houle admini

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    01  Cyril Orvin Houle


    Born: March 26, 1913 Sarasota, FL

    Married: Bettie Carr Eckhardt Totten May 15, 1947

    Children: David Eckhardt Houle

    Died: May 6, 1998 Sarasota, FL

     

    Basic Education: Alachua County, 1931-1934

    A.B., Education, University of Florida, 1934

    M.A., Education, University of Florida, 1934

    Ph.D., Adult Education, University of Chicago, 1940

    Fullbright Fellow, United Kingdom, 1950-1951

    D.H.L. (hon), Rutgers University, 1959

    LL.D. (hon), Florida State University & Syracuse University, 1960

     

    1939-42

    Instructor, University of Chicago

    1940

    Visiting Instructor, University of California, Berkeley (summer)

    1942-48

    Assistant Professor, University of Chicago

    1948-52

    Associate Professor, University of Chicago

    1944-52

    Dean, University College, University of Chicago

    1950

    Director of UNESCO workshop on Adult Education in Libraries, Sweden

    1952-78

    Professor of Education, Unive

  • cyril o houle biography

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    Cyril O. Houle, 85, a retired University of Chicago education professor and an innovator in adult education, died Wednesday in Sarasota, Fla.

    Mr. Houle spent 50 years in adult education. From 1939 to 1978, he was at the U. of C., where he served on the faculty of the department of education and as dean of the adult program, University College. From 1976 to 1995, Mr. Houle served as senior program consultant with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Mich.

    “People who went on to make a mark in the field of adult education fondly refer to him as the catalyst,” said his son, David.

    In 1947, the second year the U. of C. offered an adult education program, Mr. Houle told the Chicago Tribune that adults enjoyed becoming students again.

    “They find that the liberal arts create enjoyment for the mature mind, and they experience the excitement of discovering their unsuspected abilities and ideas,” he said.

    Mr. Houle held teaching positions at the University