Background
Eliason, Norman Ellsworth was born on March 12, 1907 in Glenwood, Minnesota, United States. Son of Andrew and Marie (Sagvold) Eliason.
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Norman Ellsworth Eliason
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Education
AB, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1927. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins, 1936.
Doctor of Letters, Luther College, 1967.
Career
Principal high school, Charter Oak, Iowa, 1927-1928; instructor English, Luther College, 1928-1929; instructor English, U. Nebraska, 1929-1932; instructor, assistant professor, Indiana U., 1932-1937; Professor of English, U. Florida, 1937-1946; Professor of English, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1946-1966; Kenan professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from 1966; then professor emeritus, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Research at the Linguistic Institute, Michigan, 1936, U. Oslo, summer 1939. Visiting professor U. Iowa, summer 1952, U. Innsbruck, Austria, 1956, King's College, U. London, 1962, Columbia, summer 1964, U. Washington, 1965, Harvard, 1966, Stanford, 1968.
Achievements
Membership
Served from Lieutenant (junior grade) to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1946. Member American Dialect Society (Executive Committee 1956-1960), Academy Literary Studies, Linguistic Society American (Executive Committee 1940), Modern Language Association (chairman practical phonetics group 1937-1939, secretary experimental phonetics group 1942-1944, secretary Old English group 1954, chairman 1955, secretary English section 1960, chairman 1961), Medieval Academy American, International Association University Professors English (member consultant committee 1956-1971, vice president 1971-1974), North Carolina Folklore Society.
Connections
Married Dorothy Haskins, August 23, 1930.
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Nationality
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Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1927
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1931
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1936
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1967