Gary Lee Harmon

Background

Harmon, Gary Lee was born on August 16, 1935 in Aurora, Nebraska, United States. Son of Vyrle Martin and Esther Irene (Koberstein) Uehling.

Education

Bachelor, Hastings (Nebraska) College, 1956. Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Arts, Indiana University, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1966.

Career

Men's counselor, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1957-1959; teaching assistant, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1959-1960; instructor, Flint (Michigan) Community College, 1960-1964; chair division languages and literature, Morehead (Kentucky) State University, 1966-1967; chair division language, literature and philosophy, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, 1967-1971; professor literature and English, U. North Florida, Jacksonville, since 1971; chair Department, University North Florida, Jacksonville, 1971-1979.

Achievements

• Gary Lee Harmon has been listed as a noteworthy English language and literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Write now! substance, strategy, style

Membership

Treasurer, member Film Institute Jacksonville, 1973-1985. Member Modern Language Association, American Culture Association, Popular Culture Association (Vice-President 1979-1981, Leadership award 1984), Popular Culture Association of the South (president 1977-1978, executive secretary 1979-1985), Florida College English Association, United Faculty of Florida/U. N. Florida (president 1995-1998), United Faculty of Florida (vice president 1997-1998).

Interests

• Avocations: golf, hiking mountain trails.

Connections

Married Susanna Marie Pollock, April 10, 1939 (divorced March 1984). Children: Thomas Thorburn, James Matthias, Nathan Martin. Married Deborah Sinton Gray Harmon, May 9, 1990.

Father:

Vyrle Martin Uehling

Mother:

Esther Irene (Koberstein) Uehling

Spouse:

Deborah Sinton Gray Harmon

Spouse:

Susanna Marie Pollock

child:

James Matthias Harmon

child:

Nathan Martin Harmon

child:

Thomas Thorburn Harmon