McCann, June V. (1911-2009)
Date Updated
10-17-2019
Department
Physical Education for Women
Academic Rank
Professor
Year Retired from SJSU
1976
Educational Background
University of Washington, Graduate work, Summer 1965
University of Southern California, 1954 Ed.D. (Part‑time: General Secondary, Administrative, Supervisory Credentials)
University of Southern California, 1951 MS
Mills College, 1937-1954
University of California, Los Angeles, 1932 BE
Teaching Experience
San Jose State University, 1957-1976
University of Southern California (summer session), 1954
University of California, Los Angeles, 1954-1957
East Los Angeles Junior College, 1947-954
Fairfax High School, Los Angeles, 1942
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (Workshops), 1937-1942
San Pedro High School, 1937-1942
Virgil Jr. High, Los Angeles, 1937
Los Angeles City Schools (Night Schools, Playgrounds), 1932-1939
Administrative and Professional Experience
Officer, United States Navy. Active duty: 1942‑46. Inactive Retired status, USNR, 1947‑71 to present.
Selected Publications
Numerous articles, professional journal.
Co‑author, Exploring Physical Education.
Files
Personal Commentary
The first 11 years of my life were spent in Minneapolis, MN. Our family moved to Los Angeles in 1922, where I lived until leaving in 1957 to accept a position at SJSU.
After completing a B.Ed. degree and a special secondary teaching credential at UCLA during depression years, I spent the next 5 years teaching night school and working on playgrounds. Six years of full‑time teaching in Los Angeles junior and senior high schools were interrupted by Navy duty, during WWII.
Navy duty: Officer, 1942 to present. Training at Smith College; duty at Naval Air, San Diego; Aerial Navigation School, Florida; Air Navigation Headquarters, Annapolis, MD; NAS, San Diego, working with aircraft squadrons in final training for South Pacific duty. Detached from active duty, May 1946. Continued in Inactive Reserve until transferred to Retired Reserve, 1981.
After further study at USC, I taught for 7 years at East Los Angeles Junior College, then 3 years at UCLA, when I resigned to accept a position at SJSU as Chairman of the Department of Physical Education for Women. Nineteen years of teaching also included serving on the Academic Senate, chairing the University Curriculum and Undergraduate Studies Committees, serving on the Athletics Board, and on various university and school committees.
Work in professional organizations has been an important part of my life. Samples: California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance: President, Honor Award, Life Membership Award; Western Society for Physical Education of College Women: Honorary Life Member; California Association of School Administrators: Curriculum Committee; Girls' and Women's Sports: Southern California and Southwest District Representatives; Chairman, National Joint Committee on Extramural Sports for College Women; Pacific Section, United States Field Hockey Association: President; Los Angeles Board of Women Officials: Chairman.
Community activities: California Commission on Children and Youth; San Jose City Sports Commission: charter member; Soroptimist International of San Jose: President, Life Member; The Villages Board of Directors (adult community); League of Women Voters.
Date Completed: 11/96
Adapted from: Biographies of Retired Faculty San Jose State University 1997: A Project of the Emeritus Faculty Association of San Jose State University. San Jose, CA: The University, 1997.