Background
Benson, A. LeGrace Gupton was born on February 23, 1930 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Herbert Lee and Frances Lillian W. (Covalt) Gupton.
researcher humanities educator
Benson, A. LeGrace Gupton was born on February 23, 1930 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Herbert Lee and Frances Lillian W. (Covalt) Gupton.
Bachelor, Meredith College, 1951. Master of Fine Arts, University Georgia, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1974.
Assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1968-1972;
assistant professor, Wells College, Aurora, New York, 1972-1975;
associate dean, Wells College, Aurora, New York, 1975-1977;
associate dean Empire State College, State University of New York, Albany, 1977-1980;
coordinator arts, humanities, communications Center Distance Learning, State University of New York, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1981-1983;
professor Center Distance Learning, State University of New York, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1985-1993;
professor emerita Center Distance Learning, State University of New York, Saratoga Springs, since 1993. Independent scholar Haitian studies, Ithaca, New York, since 1994. Director Arts of HaitiRsch.
Project, Ithaca, since 1996.
Chair, vice chair southern tier regional plan City Ithaca (New York ) Planning Board, representative ward IV Tompkins County Board Representatives, New York, 1973-1977. Volunteer teacher Literary Volumes American, Ithaca, New York, since 1994. Member College Art Association, African Studies Association, Arts Council African Studies, Haitian Studies Association, Canada Association for Latin American Caribbean Studies, Latin American Studies Association, Association Caribbean Historians.
Married Thomas Fawcett Benson, August 9, 1952 (deceased February 1976). Children: Thomas Lauck, Lawrence Thane, Theodore Lloyd.