Background
Rodgers, Bernard F. was born on March 21, 1947 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Bernard F. and Anna V. (Gulla) Rodgers.
Rodgers, Bernard F. was born on March 21, 1947 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Bernard F. and Anna V. (Gulla) Rodgers.
Bachelor of Science in English and Education, Mount St. Mary's College, 1969; Master of Arts in English, U. Bridgeport, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy in English with honors, University of Chicago, 1975.
Teacher England, director drama, Somers Control High School, Lincolndale, New York, 1969-1972;
seminar coordinator Shakespeare Institute, U. Bridgeport, 1972;
lecturer American Literature, University of Chicago Extension, 1975;
instructor, assistant professor literature and humanities, City Colls. Chicago, 1975-1982;
special assistant to chancellor, City Colls. Chicago, 1984-1985;
faculty England, Simon's Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, since 1985;
dean academic affairs, Simon's Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1985-1987;
vice president, dean, Simon's Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, since 1987.
Chair literature and humanities section college accreditation program Chicago City-Wide College, 1977-1978, chair college acceleration program, 1977-1978, member administrative county, 1980-1981. Board overseers Simon's Rock College of Bard, since 1987. Evaluator National Endowment for Humanities Summer Institutions H.S. English Teachers, 1985, 86.
Proposal evaluator Fund for Emprovement Postsecondary Education, 1984. Mem.planning committee humanists Write On, Chicago, 1982-1983. Member nominate committee Eisenhower Fellowship, American Embassy, Warsaw, Poland, 1980.
Member writing panel artists-in-residence program Chicago Council Fine Arts, 1978.
Board of directors Fairview Hospital, Great Barrington, 1988-1994, Massachusetts Foundation forHumanities, chair, 1992-1994, vice chair, 1991-1992, chair program committee,1990-1992, president, 1992-1994, Friends of Chicago Public Library., 1982. Member South County cabinet Berkshires United Way, 1988, member planning committee humanists Read Illinois, 1984-1985, ad hoc committee excellence Illinois Community College Trustees Association, 1984-1985. Member Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce (board directors 1987-1990), New England Association Schools.and Colls.
(evaluation team chair commission institutions higher education since 1986), North Control Association Colleges Schools (assistant director commission institutions higheredn 1982-1984), Society Midland Authors (chair fiction award committee 1985), Lambda Iota Tau, Pi Delta Epsilon, Delta Epsilon Sigma.
Married Patricia Hick, December 6, 1969 (divorced June, 1982). Married Jane Powell, October 27, 1984.