Marie-France Hilgar

Background

Hilgar, Marie-France was born on June 19, 1933 in St. Palais, France. Daughter of Edouard Cherubin and Marie-Andrée (Théodon) Srabian.

Education

Bachelor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1963; Master of Arts, San Francisco State University, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, 1971.

Career

Teacher, East Brady (Pennsylvania) Area High School, 1963-1964; lecturer, San Francisco State University, 1967; instructor, Peace Corps, San Francisco, 1966-1971; assistant professor, U. Nevada, Las Vegas, 1971-1975; associate professor, U. Nevada, Las Vegas, 1975-1980; professor, U. Nevada, Las Vegas, 1980-1989; distinguished professor French, U. Nevada, Las Vegas, since 1989.

Achievements

• Marie-France Hilgar has been listed as a noteworthy educator, foreign language by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Transactions of the Samuel Johnson Society of the Northwest, Volume Seventeen ( 17 ), 1988

Membership

President French Alliance, Southern Nevada, since 1975. Vice president Ladies Auxiliary Fleet Reserve, Association, Las Vegas, 1981. Coordinator Our Lady Victory Traditional Catholic Church, Las Vegas, since 1987.

Member Philological Association Pacific Coast (president-elect 1994-1995), Northwest Society Eighteenth Century Studies (president 1988, 91), North America Society Seventeenth Century (president 1977, 90, 91), Phi Sigma Iota (international president since 1986).

Interests

• Avocations: family, traveling.

Connections

Married Lawrence Henry Hilgar, July 5, 1954 (deceased December 1992). Children: John, Andrew, Marie-Florence, Grace.

Father:

Edouard Cherubin Srabian

Mother:

Marie-Andrée (Théodon) Srabian

Spouse:

Lawrence Henry Hilgar

child:

John Hilgar

child:

Andrew Hilgar

child:

Grace Hilgar

child:

Marie-Florence Hilgar