Background
Hassold, Ernest Christopher was born on January 21, 1896 in Corunna, Indiana, United States. Son of Stefan and Margaret (Weber) Hassold.
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Ernest Christopher Hassold
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Student, Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1909-1914; student, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1914-1915, 16-18; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1934.
Career
Instructor in German and Latin, Concordia College, Fort Wayne, 1918-1920; instructor in charge English, Concordia Collegiate Institute, Bronxville, New York, 1921-1925; assistant, University of Chicago, 1925-1927; assistant Professor of English, U. Louisville College Liberal Arts, 1927-1935; professor, U. Louisville College Liberal Arts, 1937; head, U. Louisville College Liberal Arts, 1935-1955; chairman division of humanities, U. Louisville College Liberal Arts, 1939-1963; distinguished professor humanities, U. Louisville College Liberal Arts, 1960. University officer Office Military Government, Hesse, Germany, 1948-1949. Education specialist High Commissioner Germany, summers 1952, 53.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Louisville Art Center Association, 1946-1948. Member American Association of University Professors, Modern Language Association (secretary, chairman group on literature and art 1947-1948, group on Anglo-German relations 1954-1955), National Council Teachers English (editorial board College English 1942-1945, co-Chairman of Commission comparative literature 1954-1955), International Congress Comparative Literature, American Council Learned Socs. (regional associate), American Society for Aesthetics (trustee 1952-1955).
Connections
Married Rosalie Sutton Kerr, September 29, 1928. Children: Cristie, Stefan.
