Background
Benoit, Leroy James was born on August 23, 1913 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alexander James and Phoebe Anne (White) Benoit.
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Leroy James Benoit
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AB, Tufts University, 1936. Scholar, Greenwood in Europe, 1938. Licence, Sorbonne, France, 1938.
AM summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1941. Doctor Honoris Causa, University Coimbra, Portugal, 1952.
Career
American Exchange instructor, Orleans., France, 1936-1937;
assistant professor French, Harvard University, 1938-1942;
associate professor French, Amherst College, 1945-1947;
professor Romance languages, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1947-1951;
cultural attaché, Lisbon, Portugal, 1951-1954;
cultural attaché, Brazil, 1954-1956;
director language and area studies, United States Information Agency, Washington, 1956-1960;
director cultural exhibit, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1960, 63;
academic director, Defense Language Program, Washington, 1963-1966;
professor linguistics, director Cornell-Japan English Language Program,, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1966-1972;
professor romance languages, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 1972-1975;
department chairman foreign languages, Georgia State University, 1972-1975;
educational consultant, Dennis-Yarmouth (Massachusetts) Regional School System, 1975-1978;
member school committee, Dennis-Yarmouth (Massachusetts) Regional School System, 1977-1978;
Adjunct Professor, Cape Cod Community College, 1976-1977. Consultant United States Office Education, unites states department State, Ford Foundation. Exchange instructor, Venice and Bologna, Italy, 1937.
Chairman French Studies Cornell Univercity. Chairman, Board Of Directors Cornell-Algeria English Language Program, 1968-1970, Cornell-Tunisia English Language Program, 1970-1972, Georgia State University System European Study Program, 1973-1975. Team member independent degree study program LesleyColl.
Graduate School, Cambridge, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman board Heart Fund, Bethesda, Maryland, 1960-1961. Vice president Parent-Teachers Association, Bethesda, 1962-1963. Member executive board Elder Services Cape Cod.
Education director boating safety program United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Cape Cod Flotilla, 1984-1988. Trustee Dennis-Yarmouth Educational Foundation, since 1992, chairman grant award committee, since 1992. Served to major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, Africa and European Theatre of Operations.
Member Modern Language Association, Linguistic Society of America, Yarmouth History Association, History Society Old Yarmouth (trustee 1981-1984), South Yarmouth Library Association (secretary 1983-1985), Bass River Harbor Association (secretary 1977-1979), Cape Cod Power Squadron (education officer, instructor celestial navigation 1976-1981), Cape Cod Collaborative (member executive board 1975-1979), United Nations Association, Geografic Society Portugal, Geographic Society Spain, Geographic Society Brazil, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Bass River Yacht. Harvard (Cape Cod), Cornell (Cape Cod), Tufts (Cape Cod) (program director 1983-1985).
Connections
Married Edith Doris Meyer, May 26, 1939. Children: Peter Allan, Diane (Mistress J. John Ryan).
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Nationality
American
Education
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