Background
Partie, David John was born on April 14, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of William Richey and Arlene Esther Partie.
Partie, David John was born on April 14, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of William Richey and Arlene Esther Partie.
Bachelor, University of Redlands, 1966. Postgraduate, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1967—1968. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1971.
Master of Divinity, Talbot Theological Seminary, 1978. Master of Arts, University of Southern California, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southern California, 1988.
Teaching assistant in German University of California at Los Angeles, 1968—1970. Instructor in German, French, Spanish and English Los Angeles Baptist College, Newhall, 1969—1973. Instructor in German Santa Monica City College, 1974—1977.
Instructor in German and French Biola College, La Mirada, 1974—1978. Instructor in French and Spanish Baymonte High School, Santa Cruz, 1978—1979. Teaching assistant in freshman writing University of Southern California, 1979—1982.
Tour counselor/world travel agent Automobile Club of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1979—1982. Account executive Agnew Tech-Tran, Woodland Hills, 1982—1984. Instructor in English as Second Language and German Berlitz School of Languages, Pasadena, 1984—1985.
Professor English and modern languages Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1985—2007. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe instructor United States Ship Mesa Verde United States Navy, 2008. Chairman department of modern languages Liberty University, 1985—1993, co-chair Writer's Conference, 1999, member, advisory board for the center for global ministries, 2001—2007, moderator of the faculty senate, 2002—2003, chair, faculty senate executive committee, poetry editor Lamplight, 2003—2007, member president' committee on faculty development and welfare, 1998—1999, member modern languages committee department English, 2004—2007.
Adjunct professor English Central Virginia Community College, Lynchburg, since 1997. Presenter in field.
Roving reader Lynchburg Public Schools, 1995—1996. Teacher of creative writing Lynchburg Parks and Recreation Department, 1995—1995. Forensics judge Virginia Organization of German Students, 1997.
Crisis counselor Centinella Valley Hotline, 1977—1978, Suicide Prevention Center, Los Angeles, 1985, Life Aid, 1988—1989. Member committee readers judging poems Maier Museum of Art, 2005. Counselor Crisis Line Central Virginia, since 2008.
Member Lynchburg Republican City Committee, Lynchburg, 1988—2000. Delegate to state political conventions Republican Party, Richmond, 1988—1996. Legislation liaison to Virginia state delegate Joyce Crouch Virginia Society for Human Life, Lynchburg, 1991—1992.
Member, mission selection committee Heritage Baptist Church, 1991—1998, 2002—2004. Student poetry contest judge Poetry Society of Virginia, Williamsburg, 1996. Member of Poetry Society of Virginia (associate.
Regional vice president 2002-2006, since 2009), Association for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Arts (associate), F. Scott Fitzgerald Society (associate), Modern Language Association (associate), Alpha Mu Gamma (life).
Married Janice Sue Stanage, June 14, 1975. 1 child Elizabeth Catherine.