Background
Melnick, Burton Alan was born on December 3, 1940 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Arthur Sydney and Frances Irene (Diamond) Melnick. arrived in Switzerland, 1967.
Melnick, Burton Alan was born on December 3, 1940 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Arthur Sydney and Frances Irene (Diamond) Melnick. arrived in Switzerland, 1967.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1962. Postgraduate, Center Dramatique Est, Strasbourg, France, 1963. Master of Fine Arts, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1967.
Doctorat-ès-Lettres, University Lausanne, Switzerland, 1991.
English assistant, Lycé2 Carnot, Paris, 1963-1965; Professor of English, American College Switzerland, Leysin, 1967-1968; teacher English, International School Geneva, since 1968; head department, International School Geneva, 1977-1979; Professor of English, Webster U. in Geneva, 1982-1987. Examiner Interpreters School, U. Geneva, 1968-1971, International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva, 1971-1972. Translator International Labor Office, Geneva, since 1988.
Member Modern Language Association, Society Anglicistes de L'Enseignement Supérieur, Society Académique Vaudoise, Jane Austen Society, Society Suisse Amis Mme de Charrière. Clubs: Harvard of Switzerland.
Married Mary Lee Corfman, June 18, 1983 (divorced December 2002). 1 child, Jonathan Eli.
