Growing UP In Indiana: The Culture & Hoosier Hysteria Revisited
Dr. Norman Jones is now retired. This is his third book. He graduated from high school in Marion, Indiana in 1954 where he was awarded the Kiwanis Achievement Award for basketball. He later earned a varsity letter in basketball as a freshman at Manchester College and two letters at Ball State University. He earned a B. A. degree in Education in 1959 and a M. A. in Counseling and Guidance in 1963 from Ball State University. He went on to become a head coach in basketball, baseball and golf while teaching at Salem, IN high school, North Vernon, IN high school and at Palatine, Illinois high school. In 1965 and 1967 he published two articles in Athletic Journal on the fast break in basketball.In 1977, he earned a Doctorate in Counseling and Educational Psychology from the University of Mississippi. In 1981, he published Keep in Touch with Prentice-Hall. He founded Communications Unlimited, Inc. and began making presentations on motivation, communication, human development, leadership, management, teaching and parenting for organizations around the Chicago area. He appeared on WBBM-TV (CBS) in Chicago on the talk show Common Ground and was on WIND and WBBM radio talk shows.Dr. Jones published his second book in 1999 titled Performance Management in the 21st Century with St Lucie/CRC Press. He taught graduate courses, including Human Development for Secondary School Administrators at Roosevelt University in Chicago and Principles of Guidance at Northeastern Illinois University. He is the past president of the Northwest Suburban Chapter of the Illinois Guidance and Personnel Association. He has made presentations for numerous schools, companies and organizations such as Allstate, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, the Illinois State Board of Education, the International Graphoanalysis Society and the University of Wisconsin football staff.