October 10, 1915 - January 13, 1988
Personal Data
Born: October 10, 1915, Duluth, MN (also raised there)
Died: January 13, 1988
Parents: Hyman London and Dora Sanders
Married: Ethel Robbins, November 22, 1947
Children: Robin, Jack Murray, Daniel Gary
Education
1939: A.B. in Sociology, Central YMCA College, Chicago, IL
1941: Summer program in metallurgy at Illinois Institute of Technicology, Chicago, IL (390 hour certificate)
1952: Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Chicago
1958: Summer Faculty Fellow, Institute of Gerontology, University of Connecticut, Stoors, CT
Employment
1931 - 1939: Lithographer Apprenticeship, I. S. Berlin Printing Company, Chicago, IL
1939 - 1941: Specialized in on-the-job training with various lithographers while attending graduate school, Chicago, IL
1941 - 1942: Metallurgical Inspector, Buick Aviation Engine Plant, Melrose Park, IL (active in the UAW-CIO during this period)
1942 - 1945: U.S. Army Engineers, Grantee Officer and two years in the European Theatre of Operations
1946 - 1948: Training Specialist supervising on-the-job training in industry, Veterans Administration, Chicago, IL
1948 - 1953: Research Assistant, Research Associate, and Assistant Professor of Industrial Relations, Industrial Relations Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1948 - 1953: Instructor in workers education on a part-time basis, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
1953 - 1954: Assistant Professor and Assistant Research Sociologist, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1954 - 1957: Assistant Professor, Adult Education, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1957 - 1964: Associate Professor, Adult Education, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1958 - 1970: Member of Interdisciplinary faculty in Community Development; participated in all training programs for foreign and American community development advisory and Peace Corps volunteers, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1964 - 1983: Professor, Adult Education, University of California, Berkeley
1965: Visiting Lecturer, Industrial Relations, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
1966: Visiting Professor, Sociology of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
1969 - 1970: Visiting Professor, Adult Education, University College, University of East Africa, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
1970: Visiting Professor, Adult Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
1971: Visiting Professor, Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
1972: Consultant, Workers Education Conference on Family Planning, Malaysian Federation of Labour, Malaysia
1974 - 1976: Director, University of California Nairobi Study Center, Nairobi, Kenya; and
Visiting Professor, Department of Education, Faculty of Arts and in the Adult Studies Centre, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
1974 - 1976: Academic External Examiner, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
1983 - 1988: Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Awards and Honors
1960 - 1963: Grant from U.S. Office of Education
1972 Citation for Distinguished Teaching, University of California at Berkeley. (First ever to a faculty member in the School of Education.)
1978 Distinguished Service Award from Adult Education Association of the USA (AEA-USA)
Membership-Professional Organizations
Adult Education Association of the USA (AEA-USA) (Member of Executive Board from 1955 - 1958)
Adult Literacy Center in Berkeley, CA
African Adult Education Association (AAEA)
American Sociological Association
Association for Humanistic Psychology
Basic Choices
Berkeley Adult School
Berkeley Center for Human Interaction
Berkeley Senior Housing Association
Berkeley University Federation of Teachers
Citizens for Farm Labor
Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE) (Chairman, 1961 - 1962)
Community Resources Institute
Laymen's School of Religion
Lithographer's Union (Local President)
Service Committee on Public Education
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Publications
Jack London was also a contributor to over one hundred articles, chapters, reviews to adult education, education, sociology, and industry periodicals.
Co-author and contributor of several works. The following are some samples:
London, Jack. (1952). Decision making in a local union: A case study. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago.
London, Jack, & Wenkert, Robert. (1963). Some reflections on defining adult education. Berkeley, CA: University of California Survey Research Center.
London, Jack. (1964). Studies of the American worker. In Blue collar world, (A. B. Shostak, & W. Combert, Eds.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
London, Jack, & Wenkert, Robert. (1964). American adult education: An approach to a definition of the field. Adult Leadership, 13, 166-168, 191-196.
London, Jack, Wenkert, Robert, & Hagstrom, Warren O. (1965). Adult education and social class. Berkeley, CA: University of California Survey Research Center.
London, Jack. (1966). The continuing education of women: A challenge for our society. Adult Leadership, 14, 326-328, 338-340.
London, Jack. (1967). A perspective on programming in adult education: A critical challenge. Adult Leadership, 15, 258-260, 291-293.
London, Jack. (1970). The social setting for adult education. In Handbook of adult education (Robert M. Smith, George. F. Aker, & J. Roby Kidd, Eds.). New York, NY: MacMillan.
Professional Interest Areas
Industry
Adult Education
American workers
Community Needs
International Education
Labor Education
Labor Unions
Social Change
Social Commitment
Community Development
Jack London also traveled to Mexico, Nigeria, Ghana, Israel, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, India, Hong Kong, Egypt, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Japan, and many countries in Europe.
Major Contributions to Adult Education
- Leading scholar in the field of Adult Education, publishing more than 100 books, articles, and reports
- His research and publishing had a board contribution to the early development of the field of Adult Eduction as an academic discipline
- His teaching aboard in Tazania, Nigeria, and Kenya impacted adult education when these nations were newly emerging
Additional Resources
Articles
University of California, Berkeley. In Memoriam;
http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb7c6007sj&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00037&toc.depth=1&toc.id
Photo Gallery
Video/Audio
Presentations
Books
Interesting Facts
Okay everybody. . . in case you haven't figured it out, this is not the same Jack London of Call of the Wild and White Fang fame!!!!
First Chairperson of the Commission of Professors of Adult Education.
References
Jack London, Education: Berkeley. (2011). University of California: In Memoriam, 1992. Retrieved July 1, 2014, from http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb7c6007sj&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00037&toc.depth=1&toc.id
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