Background

Barrows, Leland Conley was born on May 4, 1942 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Leland Judd and Mabel Irene (Conley) Barrows.

Education

Bachelor in History, Columbia University, 1964. Master of Arts in African History, University of California at Los Angeles, 1966. CPhil in History, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969.

Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of California at Los Angeles, 1974.

Career

Instructor Africian history Santa Ana (California) College, 1971-1972, University Redlands, California, 1971. Lecturer in Africian history University California, Irvine, 1971-1974. Assistant professor history Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 1974-1975.

Associate professor history Voorhees College, Denmark, South Carolina, 1975-1978, professor history, since 2004. Associate professor and Andrew W. Mellon faculty Fellow in the Humanities, Harvard University, Cambrige, Massachusetts, 1978-1980. Professor history and English Institute Foreign Living Languages University Constantine, Algeria, 1980-1983.

Senior editor, program specialist, professor European Center Higher Education, United Nations Educational, Bucharest, Romania, 1983—2004.

Membership

Secretary, then president residents committee Foundation des Etats, Paris, 1968-1969. Member Society Francaise d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer, American History Association, Africian Studies Association, Society Géographie de Paris, Diplomatic Club of Bucharest.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Travel, writing, railways.

Connections

Married Jacqueline M. Bouchereau, 1974 (divorced 1982). Married Adra Benaissa, February 8, 1985. 1 child, Nassima Irene.

father:

Leland Judd Barrows

mother:

Mabel Irene (Conley) Barrows

spouse:

Adra Benaissa

spouse:

Jacqueline M. Bouchereau

child:

Nassima Irene Barrows