Background

McMahon, Joseph Henry was born on October 21, 1930 in New York City. Son of Thomas A. and Catharine Loretto (Freeman) McMahon.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Manhattan College, 1952; Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1960; Master of Arts ad eundem gradum, Wesleyan University, 1973.

Career

From instructor to associate professor, Yale University, New Haven, 1960-1968; dean, Pierson College, Yale University, New Haven, 1963-1966; editor Yale French Studies, Yale University, New Haven, 1963-1968; associate professor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1968-1973; professor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1973-1982; Hollis professor.French, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1982-1987; dean of college, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1968-1969.

Works

• book

  • The Imagination of Jean Genet

    (Yale University Press, 1963, Good., Paperback. 273 pages....)

  • Humans Being: The World of Jean-Paul Sartre
  • THE IMAGINATION OF JEAN GENET (Yale Romantic Studies, Second Series, 10)

Membership

Member scholarship committee Heublein Foundation, Farmington, Connecticut, 1968-1985. Served with United States Army, 1955-1957. Member American Association of University Professors, Connecticut Academy Arts and Science, American Association Teachers French Clubs: Twilight Park.

Connections

father:

Thomas A. McMahon

mother:

Catharine Loretto (Freeman) McMahon