Professor Dodds was a Stanford University scholar, educator and administrator, and a pioneer in educational television.
Professor John Wendell Dodds (July 20, 1902—March 31, 1989) was born in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He received his A.B. from the College of Wooster in 1924 and his Ph.D. from Yale in 1932. After teaching English at the University of Pittsburgh he began his long career at Stanford University in 1937, where he spearheaded many innovative programs during his 20 years as Director of Special Programs in Humanities. In 1957 Prof. Dodds gave a series of programs on San Francisco's KQED entitled "The Measure of Man," and in 1959-60 he wrote and produced twelve educational television films for the National Educational TV Center in New York —a series that was later published as a book, American Memoir (1961). A beloved teacher and prolific writer, he received many awards, including the 1967 Dinkelspiel Award for outstanding service to undergraduate education.
John W. Dodds appears in the following:
Whither Mankind, or, The Humanist Looks at the Doctor
Wednesday, February 15, 1956
