Background
Brosnahan, Leger Nicholas was born on December 11, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Earl Francis and Helen Rose Mottin Brosnahan.
Brosnahan, Leger Nicholas was born on December 11, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Earl Francis and Helen Rose Mottin Brosnahan.
AB, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1951. Master of Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958.
Instructor Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1957-1961. Assistant professor Hawaii University, Honolulu, 1961-1963. Researcher University Paris, 1963-1964.
Visiting professor University Lyons, France, 1964-1965. Assistant professor University Maryland, College Park, 1965-1968. From associate professor to professor Illinois State University, Normal, 1968—2002.
Retired
Visiting professor Myagi-Kyoiku Dai, Sendai, Japan, 1968-1969, Moscow Linguistics University, 1992-1993, Changshin College, Masan, Korea, 1996. Researcher Usedcom, Tokyo, 1969-1970. Sergeant United States Army, 1952-1954.
Married Irene Teoh, November 4, 1967. Children: L. Nicholas Junior, Jennifer Ru-chiao.