Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....HAWKES , Glenn Rogers  March 9 2004
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"The Davis Enterprise," Thursday, March 25, 2004
Glenn R. Hawkes

Glenn Rogers Hawkes, a longtime administrator at UC Davis and an early developer
of Project Head Start, died of natural causes on March 9, 2004, at the
University Retirement Community in Davis. He was 84.

Born April 29, 1919, in Preston, Idaho, Hawkes was the sixth of 11 children born
to William and Rebecca Hawkes of Preston.

Hawkes provided leadership for applied social sciences at UCD for more than two
decades and then, after retirement in 1989, devoted the next several years to
nurturing an international exchange between foreign professionals and students
and UCD.

Reared in rural Idaho on a homestead farm, Hawkes remembered his family raising
dry-farmed wheat, corn and livestock. After being drafted in 1941, Hawkes served
as a counselor in the U.S. Army during World War II. He returned to college
after his military service to complete undergraduate work in psychology at Utah
State University. He went on to complete a doctorate in educational psychology
from Cornell University in New York in 1950.

Hawkes then taught about child socialization, disadvantaged families and adult
development at Iowa State University for 16 years, serving as head of the child
development department for much of that time. While in Iowa, he received a
faculty citation for distinguished service and outstanding teaching.

He was also involved in the creation of Project Head Start, a major program in
President Johnson's War on Poverty in the mid-1960s. Hawkes traveled to remote
communities to help organize the program that was devoted to giving young
children a better start in school. Besides setting up programs to help poor
children learn to read and write, Hawkes remembered teaching their parents to
ask questions and work with local physicians to get help.

Hawkes joined UCD's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in 1966
as an associate dean, representing the social sciences and humanities within the
college.

His arrival coincided with a growing appreciation among both scholars and the
public that agriculture impacted the community, said Charles Hess, who was dean
of the college for much of Hawkes' tenure as an administrator.

"Glenn Hawkes was a champion for the faculty that dealt with social aspects and
impacts of agriculture upon people and their communities," Hess said. "He was
always reminding us that we needed to pay more attention to our ability to apply
social theories to improving the lives of people."

Professor Hawkes also was legendary for his rapport with students as well as his
warmth and collegiality with staff and faculty.

"He had a very warm heart and students would seek him out," Hess said. "When
students came to the dean's office, they knew to ask for him because Glenn was
so receptive and understanding."

Hawkes later left the dean's office to go into full-time teaching and research
in the department of applied behavioral sciences and chaired that department in
the mid-1980s through a difficult transition. The department eventually was
renamed the department of human and community development in 1992.

One of his colleagues, Professor Emerita Emmy Werner, remembers that Hawkes was
great adviser to students who chose to focus on gerontology in the department's
newly minted human development doctoral program.

After he retired in 1989, Hawkes became the campus administrator of the Hubert
Humphrey Fellowship Program, sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency.
Mid-career professionals from throughout the world came to UCD where Hawkes
served as the campus' chief ambassador and host.

Hawkes was the author of four books and numerous other professional
publications. He also loved to travel and spent time in 62 countries and all 50
states.

Hawkes was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Yvonne, in 1997. He is
survived by their four children and spouses, Kristen Hawkes, William and Dorothy
Hawkes, Gregory and Mary Hawkes, and Valon and Laura (Hawkes) Cross; four
grandchildren, Thomas and Sara Hawkes and Aleta and Mackenzie Cross; and three
great-grandchildren, Daniela and Shay Hawkes and Liam Stelly-Hawkes. He is also
survived by three brothers, George, Reed and Grant and one sister, Marilou
(Hawkes) Moser.

A memorial open house will be held from noon to 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the
auditorium at University Retirement Community, 1515 Shasta Drive in Davis.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to International
House, 10 College Park, Davis, where Hawkes was an active participant and served
on the board of directors.


Additional Comments:
Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street,
Davis, CA 95616.

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