Albert Joseph Guerard, American modern literature educator, author. Recipient Paris Review Fiction prize, 1963, Literature award American Academy Arts and Letters, 1998; Rockefeller fellow, 1946-1947; Fulbright fellow, 1950-1951; Guggenheim fellow, 1956-1957; Ford fellow, 1959-1960; National Foundation Arts fellow, 1967-1968; National Foundation Humanities fellow, 1974-1975.
Background
Guerard, Albert Joseph was born on November 2, 1914 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Albert Lèon and Wilhelmina (McCartney) Guerard.
Education
AB, Stanford University, 1934;
Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1938;
AM, Harvard University, 1936.
Career
Instructor, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1935-1936;
member of faculty, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1938-1961;
successively instructor English, assistant professor, associate professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1948-1954;
professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1954-1961;
professor, Stanford (California) U., 1961-1985;
Albert L. Guerard professor literature, Stanford (California) U., 1965-1985.
Served as technical sergeant psychological warfare branch Army of the United States, World World War World War II. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Pen Center West, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Mary Maclin Bocock, July 11, 1941. Children: Catherine Collot, Mary Maclin, Lucy Lundie.
Recipient Paris Review Fiction prize, 1963, Literature award American Academy Arts and Letters, 1998. Rockefeller fellow, 1946-1947. Fulbright fellow, 1950-1951.
Guggenheim fellow, 1956-1957. Ford fellow, 1959-1960. National Foundation Arts fellow, 1967-1968.
National Foundation Humanities fellow, 1974-1975.
Recipient Paris Review Fiction prize, 1963, Literature award American Academy Arts and Letters, 1998. Rockefeller fellow, 1946-1947. Fulbright fellow, 1950-1951.
Guggenheim fellow, 1956-1957. Ford fellow, 1959-1960. National Foundation Arts fellow, 1967-1968.