Background
Prahl, Augustus John was born on October 18, 1901 in Lingenau, Germany. Son of Anton and Maria Barbara (Saalmann) Prahl.
Prahl, Augustus John was born on October 18, 1901 in Lingenau, Germany. Son of Anton and Maria Barbara (Saalmann) Prahl.
Student of University Koenigsberg, Germany, 1923-1925. Master of Arts, Washington University, Saint Louis, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, John Hopkins, 1933.
Came to the United States, 1925, naturalized, 1932. Instructor German, Indiana University, 1928-1930, Johns Hopkins, 1933-1936. Assistant professor of University Maryland., 1936-1939, associate professor, 1939-1945, professor foreign languages since 1945, resident dean graduate year abroad, Zurich, Switzerland, 1949-1950, associate director overseas program, 1952-1953, director, 1953-1954, director Far East Program, 1956-1957, associate dean graduate school, 1957-1966.
In charge of naval document section United States Navy, Bremen, Germany, 1947-1948.
Member board educational advisors United States Army in Europe, 1952.
Member Modern Language Association American, American Association of University Professors, Goethe Society Maryland. and District of Columbia, Delta Sigma Phi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Hermine Eleanor Rickl, March 13, 1939.