Background
Thompson, Damon Leon was born on May 14, 1930 in Beaver, Ohio, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Bertha May (Kuntzman) Thompson.
Thompson, Damon Leon was born on May 14, 1930 in Beaver, Ohio, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Bertha May (Kuntzman) Thompson.
Student Sinclair College, 1953-1954. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, 1957, graduate, 1959. Master of Fine Arts (writing scholar, literature fellow), U. Iowa, 1961.
Graduate Dayton The Art Institute of Chicago, 1958, Bucknell University, 1969.
Instructor, English Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, 1961—1963. Instructor English, creative writing, and journalism Dakota State College, Madison, South Dakota, 1963—1964. Instructor English Slippery Rock Pennsylvania University, 1964—1967.
Assistant professor English, creative writing American Art Williamsport Community College, 1967—1978, professor, since 1978. Served with Signal Corps United States Army, 1951-1953.
Member National Education Association, Pennsylvania State Education Association, Williamsport Area Community College Education Association, Friends of J.V. Brown Library, Lycoming County History Society.
Married Jean Sheets, December 29, 1962.