Background
Waters, Chris Harold was born on November 8, 1926 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Harold Carlton and Theodora Beatrice (Baring-Gould) Waters.
literature and language professor poet
Waters, Chris Harold was born on November 8, 1926 in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Son of Harold Carlton and Theodora Beatrice (Baring-Gould) Waters.
AB, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1949. Master of Arts, University Washington, Seattle, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, Seattle, 1956.
Instructor Salisbury School, Connecticut, 1951—1952. Teaching assistant University Washington, Seattle, 1952—1955. Instructor to assistant professor College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1955—1960.
Assistant professor Carlton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1960—1962. Professor University Rhode Island, Kingston, 1962—1991, professor emeritus, since 1991. Co-founder, head South County French Speaking Union, Rhode Island, since 1982.
Co-founder Paul Claudel Society. Private first class United States Army, 1945-1946.
Member of Rhode Island Foreign Language Association, American Association Teachers French, African Literature Association.
Married Lenore Paley Waters (divorced). Children: Gwyneth, Jennifer. Married Dora Vera Mancinelli, August 8, 1979.
1 child Matthew.