Paul H. Sheats

Paul H. Sheats

Personal Vita
9/20/90
Compiled by Roger Hiemstra

Record_type
Person

Main_entry
Paul H. Sheats.
[Paul Henry Sheats; Dr. Paul H. Sheats]

Source
Compiled by Roger Hiemstra, August, 1990; data gathered by Peter Hammon related to the papers of Paul Henry Sheats; and by various students gathering biographical information.

Strategy_hints
Papers at Syracuse University, Arents Library, of which there are 103 archival boxes. The Sheats papers are particularly strong in the periods immediately proceeding and during World War II. As a Yale Traveling Fellow in 1935, Sheats visited Germany and toured the Nazi educational system meeting with students and teachers from kindergarten through the university level. Among his papers are extensive notes on this visit.

Bio/hist_note
Born in Tiffin, OH, son of Edward Hamlin and Katherin Ann Sheats. Married Dorothea Burns, 1929 (one son); married Helen Taylor, 1942 (three children); divorced 1967; Married June M. Dow, 1967 (one reference sheet without an identifying name said he had five children total). President, Department of Adult Education, National Education Association. US Delegate, UNESCO Conference on Adult Education, Elsimore, Denmark in 1949. Member of the UNESCO National Commission, 1950 -56. US Delegate, 7th General Conference on Adult Education, Paris, France, 1952. Vice Chair, Executive Committee of the UNESCO National Committee, 1954 -56. US Delegate, Adult Education Conference, Montreal, Canada, 1960. Member, President's Panel on Vocational Education, 1961 -62. Kellogg Resident Fellow, Oxford University, 1967. President, Adult Education Association of the U.S.A., 1967. Delbert Clark Adult Education Award, 1970. Julius M. Note Award, 1975. Dr. Sheats influenced the field of adult education from the 1930's through the 1960's as a writer, administrator, educator, researcher, and leader in adult education organizations. His primary goals for adult education addressed the necessity for citizen awareness of the meaning and definition of political and social structures. He also promoted the value of citizen interaction and communication regarding the effectiveness of any community. He believed that in a free society intent upon remaining free, lifelong learning must be embraced as a major instrument through which the process of self -government can be maintained.

[sources: Roger Hiemstra; various student papers; telephone call by Larry L. Stephens with June M. Sheats on 1986 -11 -03]

Begin_date

19130326

Source_B_date

WHO'S WHO, Vol. 45, 1988 -89, 1479.

End_date

1985????

Source_E_date

A historical profile summary of Paul H. Sheats prepared by Larry L. Stephens, EDAH 530 student, Montana State University, Fall, 1986.

Education

1925 -29 - -A.B., Heidelburg College, Tiffin, OH.
1930 - -A.M., Columbia University, New York, NY.
1936 - -Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, CT.
1966 - -Hon. L.L.D., Akron University, Akron, OH.
1967 - -Kellogg Resident Fellow, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.

[sources: WHO'S WHO, Vol 39, 1982 -83, 1026; a historical profile summary of Paul H. Sheats prepared by Larry L. Stephens, EDAH 530 student, Montana State University, Fall, 1986; a biographical sketch entitled PAUL HENRY SHEATS, author not given; an historical profile entitled PAUL H. SHEATS, author not given]

Work_history

1930 -34 - -Instructor in Government, New York State College for Teachers, Albany, NY.
1934 -36 - -Instructor in Education, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
1936 -37 - -Director, Federal Forum Project, Chattanooga, TN
1937 -39 - -Administrative Assistant, Federal Forum Demonstration, Office of Education, Washington, DC.
1939 -42 - -Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
1942 -43 - -Head of the Adult Education Section, Office of War Information, Washington, DC.
1943 -44 - -Director, New Tools for Learning, New York, NY.
1944 -46 - -Education Director, Town Hall, Inc.
1946 -75 - -Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

1946 -57 - -Associate Director, University Extension, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
1957 -58 - -Director, University Extension, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
1958 -67 - -Dean, University Extension, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
1975 -85 - -Professor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
1968 -70 - -Consultant on Adult Education, California Department of Education.
1976 -77 - -Visiting Professor, University of Judaism.

[source: Roger Hiemstra]

Assoc_organiz
Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. (president, 1967) [AEAªUSA].
American Educational Research Association
Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
National Education Association of the United States (president of the association's Department of Adult Education [NEA]
National University Extension Association (president) [NUEA]
UNESCO

[sources: WHO'S WHO, Vol 39, 1982 -83, 1026; a historical profile summary of Paul H. Sheats prepared by Larry L. Stephens, EDAH 530 student, Montana State University, Fall, 1986; a biographical sketch entitled PAUL HENRY SHEATS, author not given; an historical profile entitled PAUL H. SHEATS, author not given]

Assoc_evnt/proj

Head of the Adult Education section of the Office of War Information in 1944 -45.
Editor of the Adult Education Bulletin from 1940 -42.

[sources: WHO'S WHO, Vol 39, 1982 -83, 1026; a historical profile summary of Paul H. Sheats prepared by Larry L. Stephens, EDAH 530 student, Montana State University, Fall, 1986; a biographical sketch entitled PAUL HENRY SHEATS, author not given; an historical profile entitled PAUL H. SHEATS, author not given]

Assoc_places
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

[source: Roger Hiemstra]

Publications

Numerous articles, monographs, books, and book chapters. Some of his important works are as follows:

Frederick, R. W.; and Sheats, Paul H. CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION THROUGH SOCIAL STUDIES. 1936.

Sheats, Paul H. EDUCATION AND THE QUEST FOR A MIDDLE WAY. 1938.

Sheats, Paul H. ADULT EDUCATION. Dryden Press, 1953.

Sheats, Paul H. ADULT EDUCATION: THE COMMUNITY APPROACH. 1953.

Sheats, Paul H. DEVELOPING COMMUNITY SERVICES IN THE SEVENTIES: NEW ROLES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. 1975.