Background
Greason, Arthur LeRoy was born on September 13, 1922 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Arthur LeRoy and Pauline (Brown) Greason.
Greason, Arthur LeRoy was born on September 13, 1922 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Arthur LeRoy and Pauline (Brown) Greason.
Bachelor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1945; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1954; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Wesleyan University, 1987; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Colby College, 1989; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bowdoin College, 1990; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bates College, 1990; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Maine, 1992.
Assistant to dean, Wesleyan University, 1945-1946; teaching fellow English, Harvard, 1948-1952; member of faculty, Bowdoin College, 1952-1990; associate Professor of English, Bowdoin College, 1961-1966; professor, Bowdoin College, 1966-1990; dean students, Bowdoin College, 1962-1966; dean of college, Bowdoin College, 1966-1975; acting president, Bowdoin College, 1981; president, Bowdoin College, 1981-1990.
Trustee Portland Stage Company, 1991-1997, Westbrook College, 1992-1996, Maine History Society, 1994-1997, U. New England, since 1996, Maine Board Bar Examiners, since 1997, DLF Charitable Foundation, since 1997. Member Maine Bar Association (fee arbitration commission since 1997), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Pauline Schaaf, December 29, 1945. Children— Randall Mark, Katherine, Douglas Bradford.