Background
Marchand, Leslie Alexis was born on February 13, 1900 in Bridgeport, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Alexis and Clara Adele (Buckingham) Marchand.
Marchand, Leslie Alexis was born on February 13, 1900 in Bridgeport, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Alexis and Clara Adele (Buckingham) Marchand.
Bachelor, University Washington, 1922. Master of Arts, University Washington, 1923. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1940.
Postgraduate, Sorbonne, Paris, 1928. Postgraduate, University Munich, Germany, 1932. Doctor of Humane Letters honorary, University Alaska, 1976.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Rutgers University, 1981.
Assistant in English, U. Washington, Seattle, 1920-1923;
instructor, summer, U. Washington, 1924;
visiting professor, U. Washington, 1925, 58;
Professor of English and French, Alaska Agricultural College and School Mines (now U. Alaska), 1923-1927, 34-35;
extension teacher English, Columbia University, 1928-1934;
instructor, Columbia University, summers 1929-1931;
visiting professor, Columbia University, summers 1945-1946, 65;
lecturer, Columbia University (College Pharmacy), 1936-1937;
instructor, Rutgers University, 1937-1942;
assistant professor, Rutgers University, 1942-1946;
associate professor, Rutgers University, 1946-1953;
professor, Rutgers University, 1953-1966;
emeritus, Rutgers University, since 1966. Fulbright professor of University Athens, Greece, 1958-1959. Lecturer English Hunter College, 1960-1962.
Berg visiting professor New York University, 1962-1963. Visiting professor Arizona StateU., 1966-1967. Adams chair English Hofstra U., 1967-1968.
Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, summer 1949, University of Illinois, summer 1954, Harvard University, summer 1969.
Fellow Royal Society Literature (England). Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Modern Language Association (James Russell Lowell prize), Keats-Shelley Association American (director), Byron Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Marion Knill Hendrix, July 8, 1950.