Background
Bohning, Elizabeth Edrop was born on June 26, 1915 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Percy Tom and Marion Lothrop (Stafford) Edrop.
Bohning, Elizabeth Edrop was born on June 26, 1915 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Percy Tom and Marion Lothrop (Stafford) Edrop.
Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1936. Master of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College, 1943.
Postgraduate, Middlebury College, 1936. Postgraduate, University Cologne, 1937. Postgraduate, University Munich, 1955.
Member faculty, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) College, 1938-1939; Member faculty, Stanford (California) U., 1939-1940; Member faculty, Grinnell (Iowa) College, 1940-1941; professor German, U. Delaware, Newark, 1967-1985; professor emeritus, U. Delaware, Newark, since 1985; chairperson department languages and literature, U. Delaware, Newark, 1971-1978. Member of faculty Middlebury College, summers 1956, 58.
Vice-chairperson Delaware Humanities Council, 1981-1982. President Delaware Council International Visitors, 1982-1985. Member Society German-American Studies, American Association Teachers German (certified of merit 1982), American Society 18th Century Studies, American Council Study of Austrian Literature, Middle State Association Colleges and Schools (trustee 1974-1980), Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Phi Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Chi Omega.
Clubs: Wellesley Alumnae, Bryn Mawr Alumnae.
Married William H. Bohning, August 18, 1943. Children: Barbara Bohning Young, Margaret Bohning Anderson.