Background
Sweetser, Marie-Odile Gauny was born on December 28, 1925 in Verdun, Meuse, France. Arrived in United States, 1949. Daughter of Eugene Auguste and Madeleine (Schwab) Gauny.
Sweetser, Marie-Odile Gauny was born on December 28, 1925 in Verdun, Meuse, France. Arrived in United States, 1949. Daughter of Eugene Auguste and Madeleine (Schwab) Gauny.
Graduate, University Nancy, France, 1945. Master of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1956.
Instructor Mills College, Oakland, California, 1957-1960. From assistant professor to associate professor French City University of New York, 1960-1969. From associate professor to professor French University Illinois, Chicago, 1969-1997, retired, 1997.
Advisory board Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature, Paris, Seattle, Tübingen, Germany.
Member Mouvement Corneille (board directors 1980-1990), Society des Amis de la Fontaine (vice president 1996-2008), Center International Rencontres sur le 17th Siecle (board directors since 1991).
Married Franklin Pratt, December 17, 1955, (deceased April 1, 2007). 1 child, Caroline Gauny Sweetser.