Background
Boorsch, Jean was born on January 25, 1906 in Anzin, France. Son of Auguste René and Laure (Renotte) Boorsch.
Boorsch, Jean was born on January 25, 1906 in Anzin, France. Son of Auguste René and Laure (Renotte) Boorsch.
Agrégation des Lettres, Sorbonne, Paris, 1929; Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1953; Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa, Middlebury College, 1971.
Assistant professor, Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1929-1934; successively assistant professor to associate professor, Yale, 1934-1953; Street professor modern languages, Yale, 1953-1974.
Member Modern Language Association, Association Teachers French, Société des Professeurs Français en Amérique.
Married Louise Heathwood Totten, December 16, 1933 (deceased 1997). Children– James, Suzanne, Marie-Louise, John Peter (deceased).