{"id":1336,"date":"2018-04-20T13:47:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T20:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2018-04-24T09:37:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T16:37:13","slug":"griessman-benjamin-eugene-1934","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1336","title":{"rendered":"GRIESSMAN, BENJAMIN EUGENE, 1934-"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sociologist; university professor; motivational speaker. Born– August 12, 1934, Spartanburg, S.C. Parents–Benjamin F. and Irene Hill Griessman. Children–three. Education– Tennessee Temple College, B.P., 1956; Baylor University, M.A., 1958; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1962; Louisiana State University, Ph.D., 1966. Taught at North Carolina State University, 1966-1970; director of NC State Center for Occupational Education, 1967-1970; sociology professor and department head, Auburn University, 1970-1982; director, National Evaluation of Concerted Services in Training and Education, 1961-1970; proposal reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities; moderator and producer of TV’s “Options” and “Insight.” Founder and executive director, Atlanta Speakers Bureau and Griessman and Associates. Developed Lincoln impersonation presentation “An Evening with Abraham Lincoln”; presented in many venues. \u00a0Fellow of the American Anthropology Association; contributing editor International Journal of Contemporary Sociology. Member of Alpha Kappa Delta, American and Southern Sociological Associations, Southern Anthropological Association. Member Television Academy and Dramatists Guild.\u00a0 Received Benjamin Franklin Award.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marquis Who’s Who online; Contemporary Authors online<\/p>\n

Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Achievement Factor …. New York; Dodd, Mead, 1987.<\/p>\n

Diversity:\u00a0 Challenges and Opportunities.\u00a0 HarperCollins, 1993.<\/p>\n

Planned Change in Low-Income Rural Areas; …. Raleigh, N.C.; Center for Occupational Education, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, 1969.<\/p>\n

Image and Memories: Georgia Tech, 1885-1985. Atlanta; Georgia Tech Foundation, 1985.<\/p>\n

Lessons from Legends, 2006.<\/p>\n

Lincoln and Obama. 2012.<\/p>\n

Lincoln’s Wisdom, 2012.<\/p>\n

Time Tactics of Very Successful People. McGraw-Hill,\u00a0 1994.<\/p>\n

Words Lincoln Lived By.<\/p>\n

Joint_Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Factors related to Communication of Forest Fire Prevention Messages; …. Baton Rouge, La.?; The State University, 1967.<\/p>\n

Lincoln Speaks to Leaders.\u00a0 Elevate, 2009.<\/p>\n

Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Concerted Services Approach to Developmental Change in Rural Areas; …. Raleigh; Center for Occupational Education, North Carolina State University, 1968.<\/p>\n

Editor_and_Compiler;<\/strong><\/p>\n

Minorities; a Text and Readings in Intergroup Relations. Hinsdale, Ill.; Dryden Press, 1975.<\/p>\n

Joint_Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Southern Mystique:\u00a0 The Impact of Technology University, Ala.; Published for Auburn University by the University of Alabama Press, 1977.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biography: Sociologist; university professor; motivational speaker. Born– August 12, 1934, Spartanburg, S.C. Parents–Benjamin F. and Irene Hill Griessman. Children–three. Education– Tennessee Temple College, B.P., 1956; Baylor University, M.A., 1958; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1962; Louisiana State University, Ph.D., 1966. Taught at North Carolina State University, 1966-1970; director of NC State Center for Occupational […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-g-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7892,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions\/7892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}