Paul Lewis Bennett

Background

Bennett, Paul Lewis was born on January 10, 1921 in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, United States. Son of John Emerson and Mary Eva (Gehring) Bennett.

Education

Bachelor with highest honors, Ohio University, 1942. AM, Harvard University, 1947.

Career

Instructor, Samuel Adams School Social Studies, Boston, 1945-1946; instructor, U. Maine, Orono, 1946-1947; teaching assistant, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1945-1946; from instructor to associate professor, Denison U., Granville, Ohio., 1947-1986; Lorena Woodrow Burke Professor of English, Denison U., Granville, Ohio., 1978-1986; director writing program, Denison U., Granville, Ohio., 1953-1982; chairman English department, Denison U., Granville, Ohio., 1957-1960; poet-in-residence, Denison U., Granville, Ohio., since 1986. Writing consultant Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Newark, Ohio, 1957-1960, Aerospace laboratories, Granville, Ohio, 1964-1967, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, 1978-1981, Ohio Board Regents, Columbus, 1985-1986. Professional gardener and orchardist, 1947-1990.

Achievements

• Paul Lewis Bennett has been listed as a notable educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Follow the River

    (Growing up in a small Ohio town in the 1930s, and acutely...)

  • Robbery on the Highway

    (Robbery on the Highway 191 pp. Two boys resolve to set as...)

  • A Strange Affinity

    (Paperback. Signed by the Author. The book is very clean a...)

Membership

Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member American Association of University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Martha Jeanne Leonhart, December 31, 1941. Children: Charles Kirby, William David.

Father:

John Emerson Bennett

Mother:

Mary Eva (Gehring) Bennett

Spouse:

Martha Jeanne Leonhart

child:

William David Bennett

child:

Charles Kirby Bennett