Background
Gartman, Max Dillon was born on May 3, 1938 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of Noah Christopher and Edna Olga (Schwartzauer) Gartman.
Gartman, Max Dillon was born on May 3, 1938 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of Noah Christopher and Edna Olga (Schwartzauer) Gartman.
Bachelor of Arts in French and History, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1960. Master of Arts in French, University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Romance Languages, University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1974.
Certified, University Nice, France, 1985.
National Defense Education Act fellow University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1960-1965. Professor Romance languages Samford University, 1965-1982, head department foreign languages, 1975-1982. Chairman department foreign languages, professor romance languages University North Alabama, Florence, 1982-1999, director Center for Critical Languages, 1999—2003, professor emeritus.
Director French program, professor French and Spanish Bryan College, Dayton, Tennessee, 2003—2005. Professor Spanish and French Chattanooga State Community College, since 2006. President International Education Travel, Florence, since 1982.
Chairman Alabama Association Foreign Language Teachers, 1973-1974, Southern Conference Language Tchg., 1976. Board directors Alabama Humanities Foundation, 1992-1996. Member Alabama Association Teachers of French (chairperson 1995-1997), Alabama Consortium for Foreign Langs.
(chairperson 1995-1997), Rotary (secretary Oxmoor club 1981-1982, music director since 1982).
Married Marcia Ann Hubbard, August 31, 1962. Children: Noel Don, Polly Antoinette, Paul Dillon.