Background
Karanikas, Alexander was born on October 5, 1916 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Stephen and Vaia (Olgas) Karanikas.
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Alexander Karanikas
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Education
Student, University N.H., 1934-1936; Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard, 1939; Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in English, Northwestern University, 1953.
Career
With, N.H. Writers Project, 1940-1941; editor Allegheny-Kiski Valley Edit., The Chief Information Officer News, 1941-1942; radio news commentator, Station WMUR, Manchester, 1946; graduate assistant, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1950-1952; instructor, Kendall College, Evanston, Illinois, 1952-1953; instructor, Northwestern University, Evanston, 1953-1954, 57-58; member of faculty, University of Illinois at Chicago, since 1954; Professor of English, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1974-1982; professor emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago, since 1982; owner, Deerhaven Orchard, 1974-1996. Consultant in field.
Membership
Member national cabinet American Youth Congress, 1937-1939. Executive secretary Massachusetts Youth Council, 1939-1940. Co-chairman National Bicentennial Symposium on the Greek Experience in American, 1976.
Publicity director New Hampshire Indiana Voters, 1946. Secretary Manchester Veterans Council, 1946. Candidate for Congress, 1948.
Executive committee United Hellenic American Congress, since 1983. Executive secretary American Council for Democratic Greece, 1947. With United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, Alaska correspondent YANK, 1943-1945.
Member Hellenic Professional Society Illinois, Modern Greek Studies Association, Screen Actors Guild, Friends of Literature, Harvard Club Chicago, Phi Eta Sigma, Order Ahepa (district secretary 1946).
Connections
Married Helen J. Karagianes, January 2, 1949. Children: Marianthe Vaia, Diana Christine, Cynthia Maria.
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Religion
Greek Orthodox -
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