Background
Delakas, Daniel Liudviko was born on August 25, 1921 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alexander and Eva (Poska) Delakas.
Delakas, Daniel Liudviko was born on August 25, 1921 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alexander and Eva (Poska) Delakas.
Student, Smith College, summers 1936-1940; student, University Rochester, 1940-1942; AB, Brooklyn College, 1946; postgraduate, Columbia, 1946; postgraduate doctorate, U. Paris (France), 1948; diploma, U. Firenze, Italy, 1957; postdoctoral, Sophia U., Tokyo, 1974; postdoctoral, Illinois State University, 1974; postdoctoral, Harvard Alumni College, 1977, 79, 81; postdoctoral, Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement, 1983, 84, 87, 88, summers 89, 90, 91.
From lecturer to assistant professor Northwestern University, 1948-1956. Professor Romance languages Ripon (Wisconsin) College, 1956-1983, chairman department, 1956-1969, 74-83. English as Second Language instructor University Autonoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca (Mexico), Centro de Idiomas, 1983-1986.
Co-director course Institute for Learning in Retirement Harvard University, 1991. Fellow Harvard University, 1954, 73. Visiting scholar Harvard Alumni College, 1975-1979, visiting fellow, 1977, 78.
Fellow E. Asian Summer Institute in Japanese, University Illinois, Urbana, 1972, Japanese Studies in Liberal Arts College, Monmouth College, 1974, Earlham College, 1975. Visiting summer professor University Washington, 1960, University Maine, 1961, University Besançon, France, 1962, 63, Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1964, Tufts University (also associate director National Defense Education Act Institute), 1965, University Toulouse, France, 1966, 68, University Alaska, 1967. Foreign language orientation officer NBBS-Holland-American Lines, summers 1950-1956.
Reader French advanced placement Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, 1958-1963. Consultant, foreign language editor Science Research Associates, Chicago, 1963-1965. Academic director Academic Year Abroad, Inc., Paris, 1969-1970.
Consultant, conference participant United Nations Educational, Paris, 1970. Member charter committee, constitution writer, regional president Northeast Wisconsin Foreign Language Organization (New-Flo), 1968-1969. Executive committee Institutes College Teaching as a Career, Marquette U.-U. Wisconsin at Madison, 1960-1963.
Member executive steering committee Institute Humanities for Mid-west College Faculty Members, University Chicago, 1971-1973. Participant Mid-West faculty seminars University Chicago Center for Continuing Education, 1974-1975, 77-78, 80-83. Participant English as fgn language seminar Harvard University, summer 1983.
Visiting consultant in English as foreign language University Oaxaca (Mexico), 1983-1986, teacher English as a second language, Centro de Idiomas, University Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, 1984-1985. Member violin section Belles Artes Orquestra de Camara, annual 1984-1994, member 2d violin secretary Cape Ann Symphony, 1973-1980, Gordon College Symphony, 1996-2001, Republic of China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok, 1986, Pakistan, India, Nepal, 1987, Egypt, Israel, 1989, Turkey, 1993, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Bratislavia, Berlin, 1994, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, 1994, Belgium, Holland, France, 1995, Morocco, 1996, London, Wales, Scotland, Lake Country, York, 1998, Italy, Rome, Sicily, 2000. Participant Harvard Institute Learning in Retirement, 1988-1990.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1943, 104th Infantry Division, 1944-1945. Member American Association of University Professors, Modern Language Association (co-editor annual French 17th Century Studies 1952-1983), American Association Teachers French, American Association Teachers Italian, International Comparative Literature Association, Association International des études françaises, Association International des. Docteurs de l'University de Paris, Association des Membres de l'Ordre des Palmes Acads., Phi Sigma Iota (national executive secretary 1964-1974).
Married Mimi Cordich, July 22, 1945. 1 son, David Mark.