Background
O'Connell, David Joseph was born on November 27, 1940 in Brooklyn. Son of James Anthony and Alice Cecilia (Fennon) O'C.
O'Connell, David Joseph was born on November 27, 1940 in Brooklyn. Son of James Anthony and Alice Cecilia (Fennon) O'C.
Certified d'etudes, Universite de Louvain, Belgium, 1961. Bachelor of Arts in cursu honorum, St. Peter's College, Jersey City, 1962. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1964.
Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1966.
Assistant professor French, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1968-1973; associate professor French, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1973-1977; professor French, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1977-1988; head French Department, University Illinois, Chicago, 1977-1982; professor French, Georgia State University, Atlanta, since 1988; chairperson department modern and classical language, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1988-1993. Director summer seminar National Endowment for Humanities, 1985, 86.
Captain United States Army, 1966-1968, Vietnam.
Married Cathleen Casey, September 30, 1967 (deceased April 1978). Children: David T., Nathaniel. Married Kathleen Lavin, May 31, 1980.
Children: Daniel, Andrew, James.