Background
Salinger, Herman was born on December 23, 1905 in Saint Louis. Son of Isadore and Florence (Treichlinger) Salinger.
Salinger, Herman was born on December 23, 1905 in Saint Louis. Son of Isadore and Florence (Treichlinger) Salinger.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1927. Master of Arts, Stanford, 1929. Postgraduate U. Berlin, 1929-1930, U. Cologne, 1930-1931.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1937.
Postgraduate University of Wisconsin, summers 1951-1953.
Graduate assistant German, Stanford, 1927-1929. Instructor Princeton, 1932-1935, University of Wisconsin, 1937-1942. Assistant professor, acting chairman foreign languages
U. Kansas City, 1946-1947.
Associate professor, chairman modern foreign languages department Grinnell College, 1947-1950, professor German, 1950-1955. Professor Germanic languages and literature Duke, 1955-1975, chairman, 1955-1970, chairman undergraduate program in comparative literature, 1972-1975, professor comparative literature, 1974-1975.
Visiting lecturer comparative literature University of Wisconsin, 1954, 1957.
Served from Second lieutenant to captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Fellow Alex von Humboldt Foundation, 1930-1931, 71. Member Modern Language Association American, International Arthur Schnitzler Research Association (secretary-treasurer 1961-1972), American Association Teachers German, South. Atlantic Modern Language Association, American Comparative Literature Association Beta Kappa.
Mason.
Compiler and editor: An Index to the Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1942.
Married Marion G. Casting, November 29, 1941. Children: Jill Hudson (Mistress F. Duane Lamkin), Wendy Language, Jennifer Wilson.