Carey, James C. (James Charles)

James C. Carey was professor of history at multiple universities, including Kansas State. Carey earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Nebraska State College in 1937 and his Masters from the University of Colorado in 1940. From 1941 to 1945, he was director at Colegio America del Callao in Peru. Carey worked as an instructor at the University of Colorado from 1946 to 1947, while also earning his PhD from Colorado in 1948. From 1948 to 1981, Carey was a faculty member of the Department of History at Kansas State, specializing in Latin American history and U.S.-Latin American relations. Throughout this time, Carey also served in various other positions, including as professor from 1954 to 1955 at Colegio Pan-Americano in Monterrey, Mexico, as President of the Riley Co. Historical Society from 1964-1965, as President of the KSU Faculty Senate in 1966, and as a professor from 1968 to 1969 at the University of Oklahoma. In 1969, he became President of the Kansas Association of Teachers of History and Social Science. He was designated University Historian of KSU in 1973, as well. Carey received the Fulbright-Hays award in the fall of 1979, which allowed him to teach at the National University of Tucuman in Argentina. Carey retired from teaching on July 31, 1981.

Written in January 2021 by Jarrod Kuckelman.

Creator Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Biographical/Historical Note Author: Anthony Crawford