Background
Mayer, Edgar Nathan was born on September 24, 1924 in New York City. Son of Edgar August and Frances Beatrice (Silberstein) Mayer.
Mayer, Edgar Nathan was born on September 24, 1924 in New York City. Son of Edgar August and Frances Beatrice (Silberstein) Mayer.
Bachelor, Cornell University, 1944. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1952.
Postgraduate Sorbonne, University Paris, 1954. Postgraduate Sorbonne, Middlebury College, 1951.
Instructor French and Russian Williams College, 1948-1950, Princeton University, 1950-1951, Washington University, St. Louis, 1951-1952, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1953-1955. Assistant professor, director English for Foreigners Wayne State University, 1956-1959. Associate professor French and Russian University Buffalo and State University of New York at Buffalo, 1959-1970.
Professor French University Colorado, Boulder, from 1970, chairman department, 1970-1972. Professor linguistics at seven National Defense Education Act Institutes, including Tours, France, summers 1963-1968.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member Linguistics Society of America, American Association Teachers French, American Association Teachers Slavic and East European Languages, American Association of University Professors.
Married Yvonne Marie Boulard, August 21, 1950. 1 son, Andrew Paul.