Background
Porter, Laurin R. was born on June 29, 1945 in St. Louis. Daughter of Helmuth and Sylvia Reininga.
literature and language professor
Porter, Laurin R. was born on June 29, 1945 in St. Louis. Daughter of Helmuth and Sylvia Reininga.
Bachelor in English, University Missouri, Columbia, 1967. Master of Arts in Teaching summa cum laude, University Missouri, Columbia, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University Detroit, 1976.
Assistant professor English St. Mary's University, San Antonio, 1976—1978. Visiting assistant professor University Texas, Dallas, 1984—1986, assistant professor English Arlington, 1990—1994, associate professor English, 1994—2002, professor English, 2002—2010. Retired, 2010
Member advisory board Circuit Theatre, Fort Worth, since 1995.
Lecturer in field.
Mentor Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Arlington, Texas, 2002—2005. Member of Modern Language Association (associate), Fulbright Association, Eugene O'Neill Society (associate), Horton Foote Society (associate), Circuit Theatre, Phi Beta Delta, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Thomas Emmett Porter, August 4, 1978. Children: Katherine Kilbane, Margaret Laurin.