Edgar Lindsley McCormick

Background

McCormick, Edgar Lindsley was born on March 12, 1914 in Wadsworth, Ohio, United States. Son of Thomas Edward McCormick and Carrie Belle Van Sickle.

Education

Bachelor, Kent State University, 1936. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1950.

Career

Teaching fellow University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1939—1941, 1945—1946. Head department of English Florence State College, Alabama, 1946—1950, Bethany College, West Virginia, 1950—1954. Chair freshman English Kent State University, Ohio, 1956—1960, assistant dean and associate dean, College Arts and Science, 1964—1970, coordinator American studies, 1966—1978, professor emeritus English, from 1979.

Editor English Association Ohio Bulletin, 1959—1962. Director curator Kelso House Museum, Brimfield, 1963—1996. Staff sergeant United States Air Force, 1942-1945, N. Africa.

Achievements

• Edgar Lindsley McCormick has been listed as a notable language educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Fond Recollection: Country Life, 1918-1941

    (Edgar McCormick describes the lives of the people who per...)

  • They Also Served; Citizen-Soldiers in the Air Force Training and Service Commands, 1942-1945

    (183 pages, 30 photos, drawings. The lives of non-professi...)

  • Brimfield and its people: Life in a western reserve township, 1816-1941

    (Book by McCormick, Edgar L)

  • They Also Served: Citizen-Soldiers in the Air Force Training and Service Command

Membership

Member of Modern Language Association.

Interests

• History, poetry, photography, travel.

Connections

Married Cora Lee Morrow, August 11, 1945. 1 child Carol Helen.

Father:

Thomas Edward McCormick

Mother:

Carrie Belle Van Sickle

Spouse:

Cora Lee Morrow

child:

Carol Helen McCormick