Joseph Patrick Blickensderfer

Background

Blickensderfer, Joseph Patrick was born on July 2, 1894 in New Philadelphia, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph and Anne (Patrick) Blickensderfer.

Education

Student Ohio State University, 1914-1915. Bachelor of Arts, Hobart College, 1918. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1920, Doctor of Philosophy, 1925.

Career

Mansfield. Instructor in English, University of Oklahoma, 1920-1921, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1921-1923. Assistant in English, Harvard, 1923-1925. Assistant and associate Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh, 1925-1929.

Professor of English, University of Oklahoma since 1929, director School of Letters, 1937-1942, dean of University College, 1942-1944.

Editor United States Quarterly Book Review, a government publication designed to introduce United States books abroad, 1944-1956. Administrative editor The Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise, since 1956.

Achievements

• Joseph Patrick Blickensderfer has been listed as a noteworthy university professor, editors by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as Second lieutenant infantry, United States Army, 1918. Member Association for General and Liberal Education, Modern Language Association, American Association University professors, Theta Delta Chirurgical

Connections

Married Ella Mansfield, June 9, 1923.

Father:

Joseph Blickensderfer

Mother:

Anne (Patrick) Blickensderfer

Spouse:

Ella Mansfield