Gordon Myron Messing

Background

Messing, Gordon Myron was born on March 4, 1917 in Toledo. Son of Samuel Meyer and Selma (Silberberg) Messing.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1938; A.M., Harvard, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1942.

Career

Assistant professor classics, department chairman comparative philology, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1946-1947; member diplomatic staff, State Department (various international locations), 1947-1965; attache, American embassy, Athens, Greece, 1955-1960; attache, political officer, American embassy, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1962-1965; associate professor classics, Cornell Univercity, New York, 1967-1971; professor classics and linguistics, Cornell Univercity, 1971-1987; emeritus, Cornell Univercity, since 1987.

Achievements

• Gordon Myron Messing has been listed as a noteworthy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • A Glossary of Greek Romany As Spoken in Agia Varvara

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member Linguistic Society of America, American Philological Association.

Connections

Married Florence Evelyn Hope, March 16, 1946. Children— Hope Candida (Robbins), Faith Erica (Winters), Daniel Peregrine, Seth Jeremy.

Father:

Samuel Meyer Messing

Mother:

Selma (Silberberg) Messing

Spouse:

Florence Evelyn Hope

child:

Seth Jeremy Messing

child:

Hope Candida Messing (Robbins)

child:

Daniel Peregrine Messing

child:

Faith Erica Messing (Winters)