Background

LeMaster, Jimmie Ray was born on March 29, 1934 in Pike County, Ohio, United States. Son of Dennis S. LeMaster and Helen A. (Smith) Hall.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Defiance (Ohio) College, 1959;Doctor of Letters, Defiance (Ohio) College, 1988;Master of Arts, Bowling Green (Ohio) State University, 1962;Doctor of Philosophy, Bowling Green (Ohio) State University, 1970.

Career

Professor Defiance College, 1962-1977. Professor, director American studies Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1977—2006. Professor Second Foreign Language Institute, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 1980-1981, 85-86.

Professor emeritus English Baylor University, Waco, since 2006. With United States Navy, 1955-1959.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • CHINA TEACHER: AN INTIMATE JOURNAL (New Voices Series)

    (Written in the form of a journal, this is a deeply compas...)

  • Journeys Around China

    (Poetry book written in Chinese and English. Published in ...)

  • CHINA TEACHER: AN INTIMATE JOURNAL (New Voices Series) by LeMaster J. R. (2005-06-01) Paperback
  • [(The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain)] [Author: J.R. LeMaster] published on (April, 2011)

• Other Work

  • Author: Journeys Around China, 2004, China Teacher: An Intimate Journal, 2005, (with E. Hudson Long) The New Mark Twain Handbook, 1985, The Heart is a Gypsy, 1967, Children of Adam, 1971, Journey to Beijing, 1992. Editor: Jesse Stuart on Education, 1992, (with James D. Wilson) The Mark Twain Encyclopedia, 1993, (with Donald D. Kummings) Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia, 1998, Walt whitman and the Persian Poets, 2009. Author poetry.
    
    Contributor articles to professional journals.

Membership

Elder First Presbyterian Church, Waco, since 1983. With United States Navy, 1955-1959. Member Modern Language Association, South Center Modern Language Association, Conference College Teachers of English, Texas Association Creative Writing Teachers, American Studies Association, American Studies Association Texas, Mark Twain Circle of America, Rotary.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Avocation: gardening.

Connections

Married Donna J. Thompson, July 9, 1952 (divorced 1965). Children: Lisa, Lynn, Lon. Married Wanda M. Ohnesorge, May 21, 1966.

father:

Dennis S. LeMaster Hall

mother:

Helen A. (Smith) Hall

spouses:

Donna J. Thompson

Wanda M. Ohnesorge

children:

Lisa LeMaster

Lynn LeMaster

Lon LeMaster