Charles-James Nice Bailey, American linguistics educator. Recipient medal, Education Ministry Finland, 1976. Fellow: International Society Phonetic Sciences (life), Netherlands Institute Advanced Study (life); member: New York Academy of Sciences, European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (correspondent), American Dialect Society (life), Linguistic Society of America (life), Phi Beta Kappa.
Background
Bailey, Charles-James Nice was born on May 2, 1926 in Middlesborough, Kentucky, United States. Son of CharlesWise and Mary Elizabeth (Nice) B. Bachelor of Arts in Classical Philology with highest honors, Harvard University, 1950, Master of Theology, 1955.
Education
AB magna cum laude with highest honors in Classical Philology, Harvard University, 1950. MTh, Harvard University, 1955. Doctor of Ministry, Vanderbilt University, 1963.
AM, University Chicago, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1969.
Career
Faculty department linguistics University Hawaii, Manoa, 1968-1971, Georgetown University, 1971-1973. University professor Technische University Berlin, 1974-1991, university professor emeritus, since 1991. Member Electronics Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966—1967.
Visiting professor University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1973, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1976, University Brunei, Darussalam, 1990. Forcheimer professor University Jerusalem, 1986. Honorary colonel Staff Governor of Kentucky.
Membership
Fellow: International Society Phonetic Sciences (life), Netherlands Institute Advanced Study (life). Member: New York Academy of Sciences, European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (correspondent), American Dialect Society (life), Linguistic Society of America (life), Phi Beta Kappa.