Jesse Bier

Background

Bier, Jesse was born on July 18, 1925 in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. Son of Benjamin Arthur and Lenore (Greenberg) Bier.

Education

Bachelor, Bucknell University, 1949. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1956.

Career

From instructor to professor literature University Montana, Missoula, 1955-1990. Fulbright professor University Lyon and Clermont-Ferrand, France, 1957-1958. Visiting lecturer Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1965-1966.

Visiting professor San Diego State College, 1971. Chair in American literature Université de Lausanne, Switzerland, 1971-1972. Visiting lecturer Sorbonne, 1995.

Consultant editor Bucknell University Press, 1975-1977. Consultant Swiss University System, Switzerland, 1978, University Ottowa, Canada, 1983.

Achievements

• Jesse Bier has been listed as a noteworthy literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Year of the Cougar
  • A Hole in The Lead Apron
  • Year of the Cougar

Membership

Corporal United States Army, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, music, travel, reading, skiing.

Connections

Married Laure Victoria Darsa, July 21, 1950. Children: Ethan, Leslie, Lilian.

Father:

Benjamin Arthur Bier

Mother:

Lenore (Greenberg) Bier

Spouse:

Laure Victoria Darsa

child:

Leslie Bier

child:

Ethan Bier

child:

Lilian Bier