Background
Palermo, Joseph was born on September 9, 1917 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Joseph Robert and Margaret (Zoda) Palermo.
Palermo, Joseph was born on September 9, 1917 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Joseph Robert and Margaret (Zoda) Palermo.
Bachelor of Arts (William J. Bickett Memorial scholar), Temple University, 1940; A.M. (Herbert Montgomery Bergen fellow), Princeton University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1950; postgraduate, Poitiers, France, 1960.
Assistant editor, Merriam-Webster Dictionaries, 1940-1943;
instructor, Massachusetts division University Extension, 1941-1945;
instructor, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1945-1951;
instructor, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1951-1952;
assistant professor, U. Connecticut, 1952-1957;
associate professor, U. Connecticut, 1957-1961;
professor, U. Connecticut, 1961-1972;
now emeritus, chairman, Graduate Admissions Committee for Mediaeval Studies, 1969-1972;
professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1974-1986;
professor emeritus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1986;
head department foreign languages, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1974-1975. Visiting lecturer Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes, New York, 1961-1964. Visiting professor U. Laval, Quebec, summers 1962, 63.
Visiting lecturer National Defense Education Act Summer Institute French, U. Massachusetts, 1963. Visiting professor Ecole Française, Middlebury College, summers 1966-1968. Visiting professor French Yale, 1968.
Visiting professor linguistics U. Palermo, Italy, 1973-1974.
(French language play; Italian language commentary.)
Member Modern Language Association, Mediaeval Academy American, American Association Teachers French, American Association Teachers Italian, Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference (editorial board MIFLC Review since 1991), Société de Linguistique Romane, Société Internationale Arthurienne, Société des Professeurs Français en Amérique, Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée, Association Déf. de la Langue Française, Fédn. Internationale des Langues et Littératures Modernes, Alliance Française des Monts de Virginie (founder 1973, president 1973-1974)/.
Married Eileen Viola Wilcox, April 4, 1943. Children: Margaret Ann, Eleanor (Mistress Francis A. Roxby), Richard Alan.