Donald M. Topping

1929

Assistant professor English Territorial College Guam, 1956-1958, assistant professor and chairman English department, 1960-1962. Instructor English Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1959-1960. Instructor English Language Institute University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1962-1964, Teaching English as a Second Language coordinator Peace Corps Training Center, 1962-1963, language coordinator, 1963-1966, assistant professor linguistics, 1964-1969, associate professor linguistics, director Pacific/Asian Linguistic Institute, 1969-1974, professor linguistics, director Social Science Research Institute, 1974-1997, director PEACESAT Project, 1981-1997, professor emeritus Social Science Research Institute, 1997-1999. Member National Defense Education Act Institute on Teaching English as a Second Language, College of Guam, summer 1965. Linguistics consultant Officer of International Programs, University Hawaii, 1966-1968, project coordinator Micronesian Language Materials Project, 1967. Principal investigator Chamorro Dictionary Project, National Science Foundation, 1968. Specialist in linguistics The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional English Language Center, Singapore, 1968-1969. Principal investigator Micronesian Linguistics Research Project, 1970-1974. Linguistics consultant Chamorro Bilingual Education Project on Guam and Rota, Mariana Islands, 1971-1974. Principal investigator Palauan-English Dictionary Project, 1973-1974, Bilingual Education Project for Micronesia, 1974-1977, Asscess to Government Through Neighborhood Boards, Department of Health, 1977-1979, Pacific Area Language Materials Development Center, 1977-1983, Carolinian-English Dictionary Project, Trust Territory Government, 1981-1983, Salish Lexicography Project, National Endowment of the Humanities, 1985-1992, Integrated Approach to Hawaii's Drug Policy Issues, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, since 1994.

Donald M. Topping

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Background

Topping, Donald M. was born in 1929.

Education

Bachelor, University Kentucky, 1954. Master of Arts, University Kentucky, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1963.

Career

Assistant professor English Territorial College Guam, 1956-1958, assistant professor and chairman English department, 1960-1962. Instructor English Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1959-1960. Instructor English Language Institute University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1962-1964, Teaching English as a Second Language coordinator Peace Corps Training Center, 1962-1963, language coordinator, 1963-1966, assistant professor linguistics, 1964-1969, associate professor linguistics, director Pacific/Asian Linguistic Institute, 1969-1974, professor linguistics, director Social Science Research Institute, 1974-1997, director PEACESAT Project, 1981-1997, professor emeritus Social Science Research Institute, 1997-1999.

Member National Defense Education Act Institute on Teaching English as a Second Language, College of Guam, summer 1965. Linguistics consultant Officer of International Programs, University Hawaii, 1966-1968, project coordinator Micronesian Language Materials Project, 1967. Principal investigator Chamorro Dictionary Project, National Science Foundation, 1968.

Specialist in linguistics The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional English Language Center, Singapore, 1968-1969. Principal investigator Micronesian Linguistics Research Project, 1970-1974. Linguistics consultant Chamorro Bilingual Education Project on Guam and Rota, Mariana Islands, 1971-1974.

Principal investigator Palauan-English Dictionary Project, 1973-1974, Bilingual Education Project for Micronesia, 1974-1977, Asscess to Government Through Neighborhood Boards, Department of Health, 1977-1979, Pacific Area Language Materials Development Center, 1977-1983, Carolinian-English Dictionary Project, Trust Territory Government, 1981-1983, Salish Lexicography Project, National Endowment of the Humanities, 1985-1992, Integrated Approach to Hawaii's Drug Policy Issues, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, since 1994.