Biography

Autobiography, 1978.

Clinton Ivan Winslow (1893-1983), known as "Jim" to his friends, was a longtime Goucher College political science professor, political activist, community leader, and frequent writer of political commentary. He was considered to be an outstanding authority on state legislatures and legislative committees as well as Maryland constitutional issues.

One of seven children, Winslow was born in 1893 in Norton County, Kansas. His father, Elias Winslow, was a farmer originally from Salem, Maine. Winslow's mother, Martha Moreland, grew up in Wisconsin and then moved to Kansas shortly after her younger siblings were born (she was one of seven children as well). Winslow spent the majority of his adolescence on a 155 acre farm on which his father planted alfalfa, corn, and wheat.

Eventually leaving life on the farm, C.I. Winslow earned an A.B. from the University of Nebraska and an A.M. degree and Ph.D in "State and Local Politics," from Harvard University.

Winslow taught in the department of political science at Goucher College from 1923 to 1965 and chaired the department from 1926 to 1958. His areas of teaching included public administration; state, city, and county government; American national government; and American political thought.

The founder and former president of the Citizen’s League of Baltimore, a group devoted to the problems of governmental organization and municipal activity, Winslow held several advisory positions in the Baltimore city government and other local civic agencies during the 1940s.

Other civic activities included membership on the Commission on Governmental Efficiency and Economy, the Mayor’s Advisory Committees, as well as other organizations concerned with civic responsibilities that demanded a high level of commitment.

Winslow served in the United States Army during World War I and was instrumental in founding a local chapter of the American Legion in Nebraska upon his return from overseas. During World War II, he served as an expeditor and a member of the War Rationing Board in Baltimore City.

His book, “State Legislative Committees – A Study in Procedures,” is considered to be a classic in the political field. He also wrote numerous articles from 1923 to 1972 that appeared in a wide range of publications, including The Baltimore Sun, American Political Science Review, and State Government.

Winslow was the recipient of the John Franklin Goucher medal in 1962 when he retired from teaching and was presented with an honorary degree from the college in 1967. That same year, he served as a delegate to the Maryland Constitutional Convention.