Marvin Dale Carmony

Background

Carmony, Marvin Dale was born on February 27, 1923 in near Richmond, Indiana, United States. Son of Harry Edgar and Ellen (Brown) Carmony.

Education

Student, Valparaiso Technology Institute, 1941-1942; student, Olivet Nazarene U., 1947-1949; Bachelor of Arts, Indiana State University, 1950; Master of Arts, Indiana State University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana U., 1965.

Career

Radio operator, American Airlines, Chicago, 1942-1944; teacher high schools, Pendleton and Shelbyville, Indiana, 1953-1959; from instructor English to associate Professor of English and linguistics, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1959-1969; professor, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1969-1988; associate dean College Arts and Sciences, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1970-1986. Co-founder Indiana Place-Names Survey (now Hoosier Folklore), 1968, director, 1968-1970. Co-founder Indiana Names (now Midwestern Folklore), 1970, general editor, 1970-1988.

Achievements

• Marvin Dale Carmony has been listed as a noteworthy linguist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Indiana dialects in their historical setting

    (Hoosier patterns of speech)

  • Guide to western Indiana regional dialect study: Using checklist in Indiana dialects in their historical setting

Membership

Trustee Olivet Nazarene University, 1967-1970, member alumni board directors, 1995-2000. With United States Merchant Marine, 1944-1946. Veterinary United States Coast Guard.

Member American Dialect Society (advisory board publications 1972-1977, 82-86, president 1981-1982), Society Wireless Pioneers, American Names Society (editorial board Names 1977-1984), Linguistic Society of America, National Society XVII Century Colonial Dames (Distinguished Service award 1975), Phi Delta Lambda, Phi Delta Kappa, Sigma Tau Delta.

Connections

Married Mary Joan Nicholson, May 31, 1947. Children— Ronald Dee, Kathryn Lynn.

Father:

Harry Edgar Carmony

Mother:

Ellen (Brown) Carmony

Spouse:

Mary Joan Nicholson

child:

Kathryn Lynn Carmony

child:

Ronald Dee Carmony