Background
Gaeng, Paul Ami was born on August 17, 1924 in Budapest, Hungary. Arrived in the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1955. Son of Hans Peter and Therese (Brule) Gaeng.
department chairman language educator
Gaeng, Paul Ami was born on August 17, 1924 in Budapest, Hungary. Arrived in the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1955. Son of Hans Peter and Therese (Brule) Gaeng.
Graduate, University Geneva, 1948. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy (Woodbridge honorary fellow), Columbia University, 1965.
Foreign editorial assistant, McGraw Hill Book Company. New York City, 1951-1954; translator-interpreter, Guaranty Trust, New York City, 1954-1956; foreign language teacher, Montclair (New Jersey) Academy, 1957-1963; assistant, associate then full professor, department chairman foreign languages, Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, 1964-1969; associate professor Romance philology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1969-1972; head department Romance language and literature, U. Cincinnati, 1972-1976; head department French,, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1976-1988; associate Center for Advanced Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana, spring 1983; head department French, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1988-1995; professor emeritus French and linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1995. Visiting lecturer Hofstra College, Hempstead, New York, 1963, Queens College, New York City, 1966, Columbia University, 1967-1969.
Married Joan Elisabeth Gallagher, April 6, 1967.