George E. Frakes

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George Edward Frakes (born 1932) is an American historian.

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Biography

Frakes is the son of Tidewater Oil Company field executive Samuel Franklin Frakes and public elementary school teacher Frances Fountaine Frakes. [1] He grew up in the Los Angeles, CA, area and is the grandson of Elizabeth Lake (Los Angeles County, California), pioneer Frank Frakes. His cousins include naturalist William Franklin Frakes and geologist Lawrence A. Frakes. [2] Through his maternal aunt Josephine Fountaine, he was also the nephew of Hollywood screenwriter, and founder of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Malcolm Stuart Boylan. [3] After graduating from high school, Frakes studied Geography at Stanford University where he also played on the Freshman Basketball team and the Volleyball team. He was also a cadet in Air Force ROTC. [4]

After graduating from Stanford, he was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the US Air Force Reserve and went through flight training. He married his Stanford classmate Catherine Davies (sister of the late US diplomat and Ambassador Rodger Davies). [5] Frakes continued serving in the US Air Force Reserve for over 20 years, retiring with the rank of Major. [6] After he ended his active duty as a 1st lieutenant, he earned a master's degree in Education at Stanford University and taught at high schools in Santa Barbara, California and at Punahou School in Hawaii. He also coached several sports at the high school level. [6]

Frakes then went on to earn his Ph.D. in History at the University of California, Santa Barbara where his dissertation was directed by Wilbur Jacobs. [4] With Alexander DeConde, he wrote an instructor's manual for DeConde's popular "Patterns in American History" textbook. [7] Frakes then revised his doctoral dissertation and published it as Laboratory for Liberty: The South Carolina Legislative Committee System, 1719-1776. [8] He taught at Santa Barbara City College for over 30 years, working his way up from Instructor to Full Professor (including service as History Department Chair and Social Sciences Division Chair). [9] His writing interests expanded beyond Colonial American history to environmental history, California history, and the history of marginalized groups in the USA. While teaching he also published Pollution Papers (Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1971) and Minorities in California History (Random, House, 1971), both co-edited with his colleague Curtis B. Solberg. He also co-authored a widely used United States History textbook From Columbus to Aquarius: An Interpretive History (Dryden, 1976) with his colleague W. Royce Adams, which was praised for its even-handed treatment of Native Americans. [10] [11] A popular teacher, Frakes was honored with the “Faculty Lecturer” Award at Santa Barbara City College in 1988. [6] He retired and was awarded emeritus status in 1994. [12]

Frakes married teacher and librarian Catherine Rose Kay Davies (1932–2016), whom he met when they were both students at Stanford. One of their children, Robert Frakes, is also a historian. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Samuel Franklin Frakes (1892-1957) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com.
  2. ↑ "Frank B. Frakes (1908-1988) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com.
  3. ↑ California, County Marriages, 1850-1952. "Malcolm S Boylan and Josephine Fountaine, 01 Jun 1918". Index and Images FamilySearch citing p. 187, Los Angeles, California, United States; FHL microfilm 2074202. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Library - Santa Barbara City College".
  5. ↑ "Catherine Rose Davies "Kay" Frakes's Obituary on Santa Barbara News-Press". Santa Barbara News-Press.
  6. 1 2 3 "Faculty Awards and Honors: Dr. George E. Frakes - Santa Barbara City College". www.sbcc.edu.
  7. ↑ ”Frakes, George Edward.” Writers Directory 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 5 May. 2018
  8. ↑ Frakes, George Edward (1970). Laboratory for liberty; the South Carolina legislative committee system, 1719-1776 . Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN   0813112192. OCLC   138306.
  9. ↑ "Frakes, George Edward - Dictionary definition of Frakes, George Edward - Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". www.encyclopedia.com.
  10. ↑ See Susan B. Andrews and John Creed, eds., Authentic Alaska: Voices of Its Native Authors (Bison Books, 1998), p. 94
  11. ↑ Jenia Walter, Building Writing Skills the Hands-On Way (Cengage, 2017), p. 476, notes 9, 10, and 11
  12. ↑ "Retired Faculty and Administrators < Santa Barbara City College". catalog.sbcc.edu.
  13. ↑ "Frakes, Catherine Rose Kay Davies", Obituaries, Santa Barbara News-Press, December 18, 2016
  14. ↑ Reviews of Laboratory for Liberty:
  15. ↑ Review of Pollution Papers:
  16. ↑ Review of Minorities in California History:
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