Background
Alden, Douglas William was born on September 11, 1912 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Alanson G. and Grace Anderson (Hunt) Alden.
Alden, Douglas William was born on September 11, 1912 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Alanson G. and Grace Anderson (Hunt) Alden.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1933. AM, Brown University, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1938.
Student, University Paris, France, 1936.
Graduate assistant, Brown U., 1936-1938; instructor, French, Texas Technology College, 1938-1941; assistant professor, French, Texas Technology College, 1942; instructor French, Amherst College, 1941-1942; from instructor to associate professor French, Princeton University, 1945-1961; professor French, head department foreign languages, U. Maryland., 1961-1964; professor French, department chairman modern languages, University of Virginia, 1964-1966; professor French, University of Virginia, 1971-1983; professor emeritus, University of Virginia, since 1983; department chairman Romance languages, University of Virginia, 1966-1971; acting department chairman French, University of Virginia, 1982-1983; chairman advisory council, Sweet Briar Junior Year in France, 1950-1983.
Captain United States Army Air Force/Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1945. Member Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers French (executive council 1968-1971, national president 1972-1976), South Atlantic Modern Language Association (president Association Departments Foreign Languages 1969-1970), Society Professors Français et Francophones d'Amérique (honorary), Society d'Histoire Littéraire de la France (honorary), Alden Kindred Society, Veterans of Office of Strategic Services, Appalachian Mountain Club, Greencroft Club, Alpha Sigma Phi.
Married Martha Seaver Bowditch, September 11, 1937. Children: Claire Douglas Alden Drehmel, Barbara Bowditch Alden Roumet.