Fredrick Louis Bergmann

Background

Bergmann, Fredrick Louis was born on September 27, 1916 in Tecumseh, Kansas, United States. Son of Curt and Minna (Herrmann) Bergmann.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Washburn College, 1937; Master of Arts, State College Washington, 1939; postgraduate, Columbia, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, George Washington University, 1953.

Career

Assistant, Washburn College, 1939-1940; instructor English, DePauw University, 1940-1943; assistant professor, DePauw University, 1943-1946; associate professor, DePauw University, 1946-1954; professor, DePauw University, 1954-1982; professor emeritus, DePauw University, since 1982; head department English, DePauw University, 1956-1978; director Conference American Studies, DePauw University, 1956-1978; James Whitcomb Riley Professor of English literature, DePauw University, 1969-1983; also chairman international education committee, DePauw University.

Achievements

• Fredrick Louis Bergmann has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator, theater historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Essays: Method, Content, Conscience

    (Book by Bergmann, Fred L)

  • Paragraph Rhetoric: a Program in Composition

Membership

Founder Greencastle Summer Theater, 1962. President English department chairman Great Lakes Colls. Association, 1968-1969.

Member Indiana College English Association (president 1956, 63), Modern Language Association, American Society 18th Century Studies, Societe francaise d'Etude du XVIIe Siecle, Johnson Society of Central Region, American English-Speaking Union, Sigma Delta Chi (Leather Medal award for greatest service to DePauw University 1962), Delta Chi.

Connections

Married Jean Marshall, July 6, 1941. Children: Juliann, John Fredrick.

Father:

Curt Bergmann

Mother:

Minna (Herrmann) Bergmann

Spouse:

Jean Marshall

child:

John Fredrick Bergmann

child:

Juliann Bergmann