THE HUMANIST HERITAGE

PRESERVATION, IMPROVEMENT AND PROMOTION

Authors

  • Robert D. Finch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v14.29

Keywords:

Humanism, humanist curriculum

Abstract

Overview of the role of the humanist 'educator' with an investigation into a possible humanist 'curriculum' and the elucidation of 10 principles of Humanism.

Author Biography

  • Robert D. Finch

    Robert David Finch was born in England. He went to Imperial College, University of London, where he studied Physics. While at college he helped found a Humanist club called the Huxley Society. Shortly after marrying Sheila in 1963, Bob obtained his Ph.D. and they immigrated to the United States, where Bob had a postdoctoral fellowship in the Physics Department of UCLA. He received an appointment on the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston in 1965. He received the Biennial Award of the Acoustical Society of America in 1972, and was also made a Fellow of that Society in the same year. He served as Assistant Executive Director of the Governor's Energy Advisory Council from 1973 to 1975. He served as Chairman of his department from 1976 to 1979. He is the author of some eighty technical publications.

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Published

2013-10-07

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How to Cite

Finch, R. D. (2013). THE HUMANIST HERITAGE: PRESERVATION, IMPROVEMENT AND PROMOTION. Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, 14(1), 29-49. https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v14.29