Dr. Fon R. Belcher

Dr. Fon R. Belcher, B.S., M.A., Ed.S., Ed.D.

Dr. Fon R. Belcher, Founder and President

Dr. Fon R. Belcher, B.S., M.A., Ed.S., Ed.D.

Dr. Fon R. Belcher, B.S., M.A., Ed.S., Ed.D.

Belcher, Kentucky 41513 (USA)

Dr. Fon R. Belcher, Founder and President of Belcher Foundation (Belcher, Kentucky) (see the website: www.belcherfoundation.org), writes the following: "William [Belcher] sawed lumber the railroad used to make cross-ties.
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With regard to education, there were two schools in Belcher during the early 1900's, one of which was the two-room Belcher School located by the railroad tracks, near the river.
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Later, Dr. Fon R. Belcher earned a place in educational history by obtaining the first doctoral degree (Ed.D.) from East Tennessee State University.

DR. FON R. BELCHER, B.S., M.A., Ed.S., Ed.D.

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT

BELCHER FOUNDATION
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As his name was called, Fon R. Belcher stepped forward to shake the hand of the college president, who in turn gave the newly-graduated Dr. Belcher a roll of parchment, a historic document.That document was the first Doctor's degree in education ever conferred by East Tennessee State University.

More than that, the elegant sheaf of paper Dr. Belcher held in his hand represented a symbol: this mark of educational excellence was a qualification to educate others about essential truths, about history, about justice, and about how to formulate public policy.
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Education was the link to the future, to the day when Dr. Fon R. Belcher would establish the Belcher Foundation to pursue many of the same goals as Governor Belcher's original Princeton College: Firstly, to educate people about public policy, constitutional government, history, education, and research, and secondly, to establish and shape that history and public policy.

The goal of the Belcher Foundation and its founder, Dr. Fon R. Belcher, is to educate the public about historical, constitutional, educational, and policy issues by carrying out the programs and projects of the Foundation.The Foundation's flagship publication, the Belcher Bulletin, was established as a historical/biographical journal nearly twenty years ago and later expanded its coverage to include public policy issues and to show the relevance of history to present events.The Belcher Foundation always has been the original and only publisher of the Belcher Bulletin, which is not available through any source other than the Belcher Foundation.

The Workstyle Approach to Education and Research

Before founding the Belcher Foundation, Dr. Fon R. Belcher earned Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Ed.S., and Ed.D. degrees; was an administrator in both public schools and higher education, and was an educational consultant for many years.

Research has always been his special interest; accordingly, he founded the Belcher Foundation as a think tank research organization.

Dr. Belcher's Ed.D. dissertation pioneered the idea of the workstyle approach to research.In sum total, each individual has a "workstyle"--defined by the things he or she likes to do and the way he or she goes about doing them--and the combination of the workstyles of many individuals determines the composite picture of a particular educational program.

The way research and research training is organized, planned, programmed, and operated will necessitate an identifiable workstyle.It is, therefore, imperative that a researcher's preferable workstyle (which is unique to each individual) be determined before he or she undertakes advanced research preparation or field work of a research nature.
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Given Dr. Belcher's interest and expertise in research and research methodology, his idea of the Belcher Foundation was a natural outgrowth of his research interests.

Dr. Belcher sees the potential for education.