Background

Bergquist, Gordon Neil was born on July 21, 1932 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States. Son of Reuben Neil and Irene Mary (Norton) Bergquist.

Education

Bachelor, University Notre Dame, 1954. Master of Arts, Marquette University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Nebraska, 1972.

Career

Instructor English department, Creighton U., Omaha, 1956-1958; assistant Professor of English, Creighton U., Omaha, 1958-1972; associate professor, Creighton U., Omaha, 1972-1987; Jacobson professor communications, Creighton U., Omaha, 1984-1986; professor department English, Creighton U., Omaha, since 1987; department chairman, Creighton U., Omaha, 1981-1990.

Achievements

• Gordon Neil Bergquist has been listed as a noteworthy English educator by Marquis Cd.

Works

• book

  • Pen and the Sword : War and Peace in the Prose and Plays of Bernard Shaw

Membership

Member American Association of University Professors, Notre Dame English Association, New Chaucer Society (charter), Yeats Drama Foundation, American Conference for Irish Studies, Kavanagh Society.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Avocation: reading.

Connections

Married Joan Frances Fangman, December 27, 1954. Children: Margaret, Eric, Kristin, Monica, David.

Father:

Reuben Neil Bergquist

Mother:

Irene Mary (Norton) Bergquist

Spouse:

Joan Frances Fangman

child:

Eric Bergquist

child:

David Bergquist

child:

Margaret Bergquist

child:

Kristin Bergquist

child:

Monica Bergquist