Background
O’Brien, Justin Mccortney was born on November 26, 1906 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Quin and Ellen (McCortney) O’B.
O’Brien, Justin Mccortney was born on November 26, 1906 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Quin and Ellen (McCortney) O’B.
Student Phillips Exeter Academy, 1921-1924. Bachelor of Philosophy Chicago, 1927. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1928, Doctor of Philosophy, 1936.
Doctor of Letters, Wesleyan University, 1966.
Instructor French, Harvard, 1930-1931, Columbia, 1931-1937, assistant professor, 1937-1945, associate professor, 1945-1948, professor French, 1948-1968, Blanche Knopf professor French, 1968, chairman of the department of French, 1958-1963. Board trustees, Second vice president French Institute.
Served as chief of French section with O.S.S., Washington, London, Paris, Washington, February 1943-October 1945. Fellow John Guggenheim Foundation, 1943. Member Modern Language Association (executive council, 1952-1955), Societe des Amis d’ Andre Gide (vice president 1968), Phi Beta Kappa, Council on Foreign Relations.
Club: University (New New York
Married Isabel Ireland, January 24, 1931.