Background
O'Neal, John Coffee was born on November 8, 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Moncure Camper and Bertrande Louise (Clarke) O'N.
foreign language and literature educator
O'Neal, John Coffee was born on November 8, 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Moncure Camper and Bertrande Louise (Clarke) O'N.
Bachelor in French, Washington and Lee University, 1972. Master of Arts in French, Middlebury College, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy in French, University of California at Los Angeles, 1980.
Assistant professor department modern languages, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1980-1984; assistant professor, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1984-1988; associate professor department romance languages and literature, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1988-1994; professor French, since 1994. Director junior year in France program Hamilton College, 1986-1987, 90-91, 94-95,95-96.
Member Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers of French, Société Jean-Jacques Rousseau, American Society for 18th-Century Studies (chairman Clifford prize committee 1987-1988), Northeast American Society for 18th-Century Studies (executive board directors 1985-1991, vice president 1991-1992, president 1992-1993, chairman program committee 9th annual meeting 1985).
Married Nancy Todd Vaughan, August 7, 1976. Children: Katherine Coffee, Vaughan Preston.