Background
Glazier, Lyle was born on May 8, 1911 in Leverett, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry Lee and Mertie Abby (Briggs) Glazier.
Glazier, Lyle was born on May 8, 1911 in Leverett, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harry Lee and Mertie Abby (Briggs) Glazier.
AB, Middlebury College, 1933; Master of Arts Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1950; postgraduate in word processing, Vermont Community College, 1993-1994.
Principal, Northfield Massachusetts Center Graded School, 1934-1935;
housemaster, Mount Hermon School for Boys, Gill, Massachusetts, 1935-1937;
instructor English,, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine., 1937-1942;
instructor English,, Tufts College, Somerville, Massachusetts, 1942-1944;
assistant in Shakespeare,, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1944-1945;
teaching fellow, Harvard University and Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1945-1947;
assistant Professor of English,, U. Buffalo, 1947-1952;
associate professor, chairman American studies, U. Buffalo, 1952-1963;
Professor of English and American studies, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1965-1972;
professor emeritus, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1972. Fulbright chair American studies U. Istanbul, 1961-1963, Fulbright Lecturer Hacettepe U., Ankara, Turkey, 1968-1969, visiting professor, 1970, 71. Lecturer U. Madras, India, 1970, 71.
Consultant thematic studies CUNY, 1973-1975. Visiting professor Sana'a U., North Yemen, 1980. Volunteer Adjunct Professor Southern Vermont College, Bennington, 1984-1986.
United States Information Service volunteer expert American literature, ndia, 1971. Volunteer professor Miles College, Birmingham, 1967.
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Executive committee Friends of Bennington Free Library., 1990-1992. Member school board, vice chairman Orchard Park (New York ) School District, 1952-1958. Member Town Charter Commission, Bennington, 1987-1989.
Member Gamaliel Painter's Cane Society, Middlebury College, since 1990, member founders society Founders Society, since 1998, member executive committee Friends of Library., Middlebury College, 1987-1989, Abernethy Poetry/Rare Book Collection, Starr Library., Middlebury, 2000. Member Retired Srs. Volunteer Program, since 1973. Member Bennington County Democratic Committee, 1984-1987.
Member executive committee Bennington Area Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome project, since 1990. Member national steering committee Clinton/Gore 1996, 1995-1998, Gore 2000, since 1999. Member Bennington Area Art Council, since 1990.
Member Bennington Area Home Health Association, since 1990, Bennington Counseling Service, 1990. Member Bennington County Chorus, 1973-1979, patron, since 1980. Member Graduate Students Middlebury Gay Lesbians, 1995, Vermont Mountain Pride Media, 1999.
Member Academy of America Poets, American Civil Liberties Union, Bennington Museum Foundation Library. of Congress Associates, Southwest Vermont Regional Cancer Center, Rattlesnake Gutter Trust, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. Member Modern Language Association, Bennington Robert Frost Society, Vermont Council on Arts, League Vermont Writers, Poets and Writers, American Association Retired Persons, Edmund Hayes Society, North Bennington Artists Society, Bennington County Humane Society, Vermont History Society, National Trust for History Preservation, New England Artists Trust.
Married Amy Louise Niles July 15, 1939 (deceased March 1987). Children: Laura, Susan, Alis.