Dr. C. Newton Wilkes

Dr. C. Newton Wilkes of Many earned his bachelor’s degree in Health and Physical Fitness in 1966 and a master’s in Educational Administration and Supervision at Tulane University in 1969. He earned a Doctorate in Health and P.E. at NSU in 1977. Wilkes began his career in Jefferson Parish, where from 1966-73 he was a teacher, coach, assistant principal and principal before serving as a Professor and Graduate Coordinator and Department Coordinator at the University of Southern Mississippi from 1979-1992. He served as a personnel evaluator for the State Department of Education from 1977-78 and returned to Northwestern as a professor and department head from 1992-2003.

Wilkes said among the highlights of his career was interest generated by a heat/helmet study he and colleagues conducted that caught the attention of the national sports media. He also found service to others and mentoring prospective teachers and coaches as valuable to him in his career.

Wilkes and his wife Faith have been married 44 years and have two children and two grandchildren.