George William Grace

Background

Grace, George William was born on September 8, 1921 in Corinth, Mississippi, United States. Son of Herbert Landrum and Florence Estelle (Kennedy) Grace.

Education

Licence, University de Genève, Switzerland, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1958.

Career

Assistant professor, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1958-1959; visiting assistant professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1959-1960; assistant professor, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1960-1963; associate professor, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1963-1964; professor, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1964-1991; professor emeritus, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, since 1991.

Achievements

• George William Grace has been listed as a noteworthy linguistics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Linguistic Construction of Reality (Volume 4)

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  • The Linguistic Construction of Reality
  • The position of the Polynesian languages within the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family (Indiana University publications in anthropology and linguistics)
  • The Position of the Polynesian Language Within The Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) Language Family

Membership

First lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Anthropological Association. Member Linguistic Society American (life).

Connections

Married Peggy Anne Plummer, May 30, 1960 (divorced January 1970). Children: Mark Lawrence, Erika Deanna. Married Elizabeth Matson Foster, March 8, 1992.

Father:

Herbert Landrum Grace

Mother:

Florence Estelle (Kennedy) Grace

Spouse:

Elizabeth Matson Foster

Spouse:

Peggy Anne Plummer

child:

Erika Deanna Grace

child:

Mark Lawrence Grace