Background
Claesges, Axel Walter was born on April 16, 1937 in Zeitz, Germany. Came to the United States 1959. Son of Walter and Grete (Tendick) Claesges.
Claesges, Axel Walter was born on April 16, 1937 in Zeitz, Germany. Came to the United States 1959. Son of Walter and Grete (Tendick) Claesges.
Bachelor of Arts Tampa (Florida), 1962. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1968.
Assistant professor foreign language, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1968-1970; assistant professor foreign language, Southern Methodist U., Dallas, 1970-1974; associate chairman foreign language, West Virginia University, Morgantown, since 1974. Associate director Salzburg Seminar, Austria and Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979-1981.
Chair United States Congress-Bundestag Exchange, Washington, since 1986. Major United States Army Reserve, 1961-1965. Member American Association of University Professors, American Literature Translators Association, American Association Teachers German (chairman testing).
Married Ann H. Claesges, August 12, 1963. Children: Frank T., Andrew W.