Background
ROCKETT, Charles Francis was born on January 17, 1916 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Homer and Amv Hockett.
anthropologist linguist and academic
ROCKETT, Charles Francis was born on January 17, 1916 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Homer and Amv Hockett.
Ohio State and laic Universities.
Served United States army 1942-1946. At Cornell University since 1946. Assistant I’nif. of Linguistics 1946-1949, Association Professor, of Linguistics 1949-1953, Professor, of Linguistics 1953-1957, Professor, of Linguistics and Anthropology 1957-1970, Guldwiii Smith Professor, of Linguistics and Anthropology 1970-1982, Professor Emeritus since 1982.
Visiting Lecturer Rice University 1984.
Various positions at Foreign Service Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, Army Language School, Monterey, California, Linguistic Instituts at University of Chicago, Industry, Alberta, Mich, and Hawaii, Research and Development Corporation. President Linguistic Society of America 1964, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States 1982.
Distinguished Lecturer American Anthropological Association 1984. Visiting Professor, Beijing Foreign Studies University 1986.
North.A.S., American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
Married Shirley South. Orlinoff in 1942.