John Herman Randall, Jr.

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John Herman Randall Jr. (February 14, 1899-December 1, 1980) was an American philosopher, author and educator.

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan as the son of a Baptist minister, he graduated from Morris High School in New York City and obtained his A.B. from Columbia University in 1918. He obtained an A.M. the following year and a Ph.D in 1922.

He married Mercedes Irene Moritz in New York on December 23, 1922, with whom he would have two sons, John Herman Randall III and Francis Ballard Randall.

He started working as an assistant professor of philosophy at Columbia in 1925. He was a member of the American Philosophical Association, the Ethical Culture Society, Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa.

He published The Problem of Group Responsibility in 1922 and The Making of the Modern Mind in 1926. He also coauthored The Introduction to Contemporary Civilization and wrote an influential study of Aristotle.

[edit] External links

https://secure2.convio.net/ari/site/SPageServer?pagename=reg_ar_library (menu including Rand's reading of her review of Randall's book Aristotle)

http://www.pragmatism.org/genealogy/randall.htm

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/archives/collections/html/4079250.html

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9062652/John-Herman-Randall-Jr (requires registration)