Eleanor Haven Beiswenger

Background

Beiswenger, Eleanor Haven was born on June 24, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Irving Elbert and Grace Ellen (Weimeister) Hutchins.

Education

Associate of Arts, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan, 1962; AB with honors, University of Michigan, Dearborn, 1964; Master of Arts in English, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in American Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1969.

Career

Assistant Professor of English, Clarkson College, Potsdam, New York, 1969-1974; English/reading specialist, U. Tennessee, Nashville, 1975-1976; assistant Professor of English, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1977-1983; associate Professor of English, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1983-1986; Professor of English, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1986-1994; distinguished professor emeritus, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, since 1994. Chair student affairs committee Clarkson College, 1970-1973. Senator, member Executive Committee, vice president Austin Peay State University, 1982-1985, 88-91.

Board directors Cooperative Center for Study in Britain, 1990-1994. International delegate People to People/Citizen Ambassador Program, Russia and Lithuania, 1993.

Achievements

• Eleanor Haven Beiswenger has been listed as a noteworthy literature educator, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Essay contest coordinator for area high schools, Clarksville, 1982-1993. Essay contest judge for area elementary schools, Montgomery County, Tennessee, 1985-1993. Speaker in field. Member American Association of University Women, League of Women Voters, Jane Austen Society North America (board directors, chair grants committee), Elizabeth Gaskell Society, George Eliot Fellowship, National Museum Women in the Arts, National Women's Hall of Fame, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, travel, embroidering, aerobics, art films.

Connections

Married John DeWitt Nothstine, August 16, 1947 (deceased November 1958). Children: David John Nothstine, Mark Robert Nothstine Beiswenger, Jill Ellen Nothstine Beiswenger. Married Hugo Andreas Beiswenger, March 21, 1964.

Father:

Irving Elbert Hutchins

Mother:

Grace Ellen (Weimeister) Hutchins

Spouse:

John DeWitt Nothstine

Spouse:

Hugo Andreas Beiswenger

child:

David John Nothstine Beiswenger

child:

Jill Ellen Nothstine Beiswenger

child:

Mark Robert Nothstine Beiswenger