Background
Noss, Philip Andrew was born on November 26, 1939 in Mahnomen, Minnesota, United States. Son of Oscar Reinard and Martha Hermihah Noss.
Noss, Philip Andrew was born on November 26, 1939 in Mahnomen, Minnesota, United States. Son of Oscar Reinard and Martha Hermihah Noss.
Bachelor in classics and French summa cum laude, Concordia College, 1961. Master of Arts in classics, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1963. Certified in African Studies, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1965.
Assistant professor University Wisconsin, Madison, 1968—1971, professor African language, literature Wisconsin, 1969, assistant professor, 1973—1974. Director Gbaya Translation Center, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Meiganga, Cameroon, 1971—1978, literature coordinator, 1979—1982. Professor department linguistics University Calabar, Nigeria, 1982—1984, head department linguistics, 1983—1984.
Translation consultant United Bible Society, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 1984—1994, translation coordinator Nairobi, Kenya, 1994—2000, global translation coordinator Reading, England, since 2000. Honorary fellow University Wisconsin, Madison, 1978—1979. External examiner African literature University Ghana, Legon, 1986—1989.
External examiner African literature and linguistics University Yaoundé, Cameroon, 1989—1993.
Coach 2nd division Stade Football Team, Meiganga, Cameroon, 1979—1982. Member of West African Linguistic Association, Society Biblical Literature, African Literature Association.
Married Cecilia Audelle Arnold, June 16, 1963. Children: Andrew Jay, Haldor Jon, Darcy Kay, Kathleen Jenabu.