Background
Boegehold, Alan Lindley was born on March 21, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Alfred Lindley and Katherine Eleanore (Yager) Boegehold.
Boegehold, Alan Lindley was born on March 21, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Alfred Lindley and Katherine Eleanore (Yager) Boegehold.
Bachelor of Arts in Latin, University of Michigan, 1950; Master of Arts in Classical Philology, Harvard University, 1954; student, American School Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, 1955-1957; Doctor of Philosophy in Classical Philology, Harvard University, 1958.
From instructor to assistant professor department classics, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1957-1960;
from assistant professor to professor department classics, Brown U., Providence, Rhode Island, since 1960. Director summer session American School Classical Studies, Athens, 1963-1964, 74, 80, visiting professor, 1968-1969. Director Ancient studies program Brown U., 1985-1991, department chairman classics, 1966-1971, acting chairman, 1973-1974.
Visiting lectr.history Harvard University, 1967. Visiting professor classics Yale University, 1971, University of California, Berkeley, 1978. Member commission to evaluate department classics Swarthmore College, 1972, University of Virginia, 1982, 88, committees humanities and history Yale University Council, 1982-1987.
Interim president, vice-president and secretary Naragansett Society Archaeol.Inst. American; vice-chairman managing committee American School Classical Studies, 1985-1990,chairman, 1990-1998. Invited lecturer, speaker in field.
Active American Civil Liberties Union. Amnesty International, Providence Athenaeum, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Common Cause. Trustee Gennadius Library., American School Classical Studies, Athens.
Corporal United States Army. Fellow Explorers Club. Member American Association Ancient Historians, American Philol.Assn., Archaeol.
Institute American (various committees), Classical Association New England(Executive Committee 1968-1970), Aegean Institute (board advisors 1976-1995), Institute Nautical Archaeology (board directors 1973-1982).
Married Julie Elizabeth Marshall, April 3, 1954. Children: Lindley, Alan M. Jones, David, Alison.