Joseph Carl Meigs

Background

Meigs, Joseph Carl was born on August 29, 1930 in New London, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Carl and Lola Vann (Eddins) Meigs.

Education

Bachelor, Wake Forest U., 1952; Master of Arts, Tulane University, 1957.

Career

English and French teacher, Aquadale (North Carolina) High School, 1952-1953; teacher, Metairie (Louisiana) Park Country Day School, 1954-1955; instructor in English, Salem College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1957-1962; instructor in English, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1962-1964; instructor in English, Marquette U., Milwaukee, 1964-1967; assistant professor, then associate Professor of English, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, 1967-1993; department chairman English, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, 1972-1974, 87-88; department chairman English, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, 1990-1993; retired, 1993. Visiting professor U. Hawaii, Hilo, 1988-1989, 94-95.

Membership

Member Linguistic Society American, Society for Pidgin and Creole Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, gardening, cooking, hiking, ceramic arts.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Eleanor Stevenson, September 12, 1953. Children: Geoffrey Montgomery, Jonathan Hervey, Edward Stevenson.

Father:

Joseph Carl Meigs

Mother:

Lola Vann (Eddins) Meigs

Spouse:

Elizabeth Eleanor Stevenson

child:

Geoffrey Montgomery Meigs

child:

Jonathan Hervey Meigs

child:

Edward Stevenson Meigs