EDWARDS, John A.
EDWARDS
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/11/2016 at 14:43:36
BIOGRAPHY - JOHN A. EDWARDS
Graceland University, Lamoni, IowaJohn A. Edwards was born on August 16, 1918, Kirtland, Ohio.
John Edwards graduated from Graceland in 1939, completed his B.S. from the University of Maryland, and in 1964, obtained his master's in basic science from the University of Colorad.
Before returning to Graceland, Edwards spent 11 years as a bacteriologist with the U. S. Army. He was working in an army biological warfare research lab at Fort Detrick, Maryland, in 1959 when he picked up a Graceland catalog and noticed that several listed biology classes were not on the class schedule. Edwards wrote to Graceland and asked if someone was needed to teach those classes, then joined the faculty that fall.
At the time, Graceland didn't have a bachelor's degree in biology, so Edwards organized courses for a four-year program.
During his three decades at Platz-Mortimore Science Hall, Edwards taught microbiology, bacteriology, and vertebrate physiology, and directed the experimental curriculum program during 1977-78. Edwards gained a reputation among students for creating unique, investigative lab experiments, and for initiating lively discussions in his biology classes.
Edwards retired as professor emeritus in 1989.
SOURCE: Goehner, David. “The Graceland College Book of Knowledge: From A To Z.” p. 403. Herald House. Independence MO. 1997.
Transcription by Sharon R Becker, January of 2016
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