Background
Furness, Clifton Joseph was born on April 30, 1898 in Sheridan, Indiana, United States. Son of Technology Chalmers and Clara E. (Spray) Furness.
Furness, Clifton Joseph was born on April 30, 1898 in Sheridan, Indiana, United States. Son of Technology Chalmers and Clara E. (Spray) Furness.
Graduate School, 1929-1934, of biography and music, Katharine Gibbs Schools.
Began as teacher piano, 1914. Teacher music, Northwestern University, 1919-1921, of English and music, Horace Mann School Boys, New York City, 1922-1927, of English, Northeastern University, 1928-1929, Bradford (Massachusetts) College, 1929-1931, Harvard Graduate School, 1929-1934, of biography and music, Katharine Gibbs Schools, 1929-1940. Supervisor academic studies, North.E. Conservatory Music since 1930.
Member South.A.T.C., Northwestern University, 1918. Received grants-in-aid to complete biography of Walt Whitman from Carnegie Corporation through American Council Learned Societies, 1938-1940. Member Modern Language Association American, Kappa Gamma Psi, Pi Kappa Lambda.
Member Society Friends.