Linton Lomas Barrett, American educator. Member Modern Language Association (secretary, chairman various groups), American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese (president Virginia chapter). International Colloquium Luso-Brazilian Studies, Southeastern Conference on Latin American Studies (past secretary-general), Modern Foreign Language Association Virginia, Phi Beta Kappa.
Background
Barrett, known as "Lomas" to distinguish him from his father, was born in Lanett, Alabama, the son of Linton Stephens Barrett, a Baptist minister and educator, and Carrie Elizabeth Barrett, née Lomas. He married Marie Hamilton McDavid on 26 May 1937, and their daughter Ellen Marie Barrett, was born in 1946.
Education
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Mercer U., 1928. DuPont fellow, University of Virginia, 1930-1931. Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1938.
Catedratico Vitalicio (honorary), Universidad Central. Quito. Ecuador, 1953.
Career
; 1 son, Arthur Lomas. Married second, Marie Hamilton McDavid, May 26, 1937;Marie. From instructor to professor Mercer University, University Alabama, Furman University, University North Carolina, Princeton, U. Kansas, 1928-1948.
Professor Romance langs., Washington and Lee University, head department, 1960-1970, professor, 1970-1972. Visiting professor Spanish, U. North Carolina, summers. Public affairs officer American embassy.
Bogota, Colombia, 1951. Quito, Ecuador, 1951-1953. Fellow Southeastern Institute Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Duke University, summer 1966.
Lecturer Universidad Central, 1952. Board examiners College Entrance Examination Board, 1954-1957. Director National Defense Education Act Language Institute, 1965.
Research fellow cooperative program in the humanities Duke-North Carolina, 1965-1966.
Membership
Member Modern Language Association (secretary, chairman various groups), American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese (president Virginia chapter). International Colloquium Luso-Brazilian Studies, Southeastern Conference on Latin American Studies (past secretary-general), Modern Foreign Language Association Virginia, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Elliott, June 1929 (deceased.; married second, Marie Hamilton McDavid, May 26, 1937.