Background
Algren, Mark Stephen was born on March 9, 1954 in Monmouth, Illinois, United States. Son of Glenn Theadore and Marilyn Jean (Ray) Algren.
English as foreign language educator
Algren, Mark Stephen was born on March 9, 1954 in Monmouth, Illinois, United States. Son of Glenn Theadore and Marilyn Jean (Ray) Algren.
Bachelor, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, 1976. Master of Arts, Southern Illinois University, 1982. Postgraduate, Ohio State University, 1988.
Volunteer English teacher, Kai Tak North Refugee Camp, Kowloon City, Hong Kong, 1979-1980; English teacher, Kowloon Lutheran Middle School, 1979-1980; teacher, administrator, Robert Ventre Associations/Ednl. Cons., Riyadh and Taif, Saudi Arabia, 1982-1983; senior instructor, Litton-Saudi Arabia Ltd., also Royal Air Defense Forces Institute, Jeddah, 1984-1986; language specialist, U. Kansas Applied English Center, Lawrence, 1993-1996; lecturer, director English Language Center, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1989-1993; general director, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, since 1996. Consultant, volunteer English teacher Small World, Lawrence, 1994-1995.
Member pastoral call committee Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Lawrence, 1994-1995. Member Teachers English to Speakers Other Languages (steering committee Computer Aided Language Learning interest section since 1995).
Married Kathryn Anne Hinchman, January 7, 1984. 1 child, Andrew William.