Askew, Thomas A(delbert), Jr.

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ASKEW, Thomas A(delbert), Jr.

ASKEW, Thomas A(delbert), Jr. American, b. 1931. Genres: History. Career: Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill., instructor, 1960-62, assistant professor, 1962-68; National College of Education, Evanston, Ill., professor of social science, 1968-72, associate dean of the college, 1971-72; Gordon College, Wenham, Mass., professor of history, 1972-, assistant dean, 1975-76, chairman of department, 1976-, director of the Centennial, 1986-89, assistant dean, 1993-94; East-West Institute of International Studies, executive director, 1996-. Member of visiting faculty at University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, 1970-72. Publisher of Christian Scholar's Review, 1979-86. Member of board of trustees of Essex Institute and Museum, Salem, Mass., 1979-86; member of advisory planning committee of House of Seven Gables, Salem, 1987-. Publications: (with J.M. Askew) Beverly, Massachusetts, and the American Revolution: One Town's Experience, 1974; (with P.W. Spellman) The Churches and the American Experience: Ideals and Institutions, 1984; (ed. with R.A. Wells) Liberty and Law: Reflections on the Constitution in American Life and Thought, 1987; (with J.M. Askew) Gordon College: A Centennial History, 1988. Address: Department of History, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 01984, U.S.A. Online address: jethaskwe@aol.com

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