Glenn G. Tucker
Glenn G. Tucker is a retired educational administrator/college professor. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa, June 6, 1928 and attended local schools until he left school in the 11th grade to join the navy during WWII. After discharge in 1946 he took tests to see what was needed to finish high school. The test results were high enough to enable him to directly enter Drake University. He transferred to Iowa State Teachers College (now U.N.I.) and received his degrees in 1950 (Two year) and 1952 (B.A.) and started teaching science. He married and had two sons, David and Bruce. He divorced in 1958. Tired of the cold and snow he moved to Sarasota, Florida in 1958 and taught various science courses in the Sarasota Public schools. In 1966 he was offered a fellowship at the University of Florida and received his Masters Degree (1967), his Specialists Degree (1968), and his Doctorate in Science Education in 1969. While at the University of Florida he married his second wife, Beverly. She received her doctorate from the Florida State University in Early Childhood Education.
He accepted a position as Associate Professor of Science Education at Marshall University. Missing the south, after three years he accepted a position as a Georgia State Educational Science Consultant in South Georgia. He then taught at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee and then accepted a position as a High School Principal in Suwannee County Florida. He retired from Florida but returned to Georgia where he served as adjunct professor of Science Education while serving as assistant superintendent of the Brooks County (GA) schools. He retired from all educational activities in 1993.
Cancer was found in his wife Beverly in 2000 and she passed away in 2006. While caring for his wife in her illness, he wrote his four books: I'll See You In Twenty Years; Exile Island; I'm Sorry I Missed You, and his last one University Past Time. All books are fiction. He has also published many educational articles, mainly on science teaching skills.
Dr. Tucker is listed in "Who's Who In America," and "Who's Who in American Education." He has been a chapter president of Phi Delta Kappa (an educational honorary fraternity) and is co-founder of the Valdosta State University Chapter of PDK. He is founder of the South Georgia Amateur Radio Association. His hobbies are Amateur Radio, and competitive pistol shooting. He now resides in Lake Park, Georgia.