Background
Leonard, Irving ALbert was born on December 1, 1896 in New Haven. Son of Henry Austin and Lillian May (Phelps) Leonard.
Leonard, Irving ALbert was born on December 1, 1896 in New Haven. Son of Henry Austin and Lillian May (Phelps) Leonard.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1918; AM, University of California, 1925; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, 1928.
United States postal censor (Spanish), 1918;
junior executive, Pacific Commercial Company. New York City, Manila Cebu, 1919-1921;
professor, U. Philippines, Los Baños, P.I., 1921-1922;
teacher Spanish, Petaluma (California) High School, 1922-1923;
graduate assistant, instructor, assistant professor Spanish, University of California, 1923-1937;
assistant director humanities, Rockefeller Foundation, 1937-1940;
professor of history and Spanish, Brown U., 1940-1942;
professor Spanish American Literature, University of Michigan, from 1942;
department chairman Romance languages, University of Michigan, 1945-1951;
professor Spanish American literature and history, University of Michigan, 1949-1962. American delegate Inter-American Conference Coms. on Intellectual Cooperative, Santiago, Chile, 1939.
Commission on Study of Teaching Materials on Inter-American Subjects, American Council on Education, 1943. Commission on fellowships and grants American Council of Learned Socs., Washington, 1944.
Fellow Hispanic Society American. Member American Association Teachers Spahish, Research Club University of Michigan M C.
Married Dorothea Hope Taggart, June 5, 1921. Children: David Phelps, Dorothea Irving.