Background
Slaght, Ralph Lawrence was born on January 26, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Lawrence Townsend and Irene (Swanson) Slaght.
Slaght, Ralph Lawrence was born on January 26, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Lawrence Townsend and Irene (Swanson) Slaght.
AB, Eastern College, St. Davids, Pennsylvania, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1972.
Instructor, U. Maryland., College Park, 1968; instructor, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1969-1972; assistant professor, Lafayette College, Easton, 1972-1977; head philosophy department, Lafayette College, Easton, 1977-1991; associate professor, Lafayette College, Easton, 1977-1994; professor, Lafayette College, Easton, since 1994; clerk of the faculty, Lafayette College, Easton, since 1983. Visiting scholar Indian Institute Technology, Madras, India, 1983-1984.
Member American Philosophical Association.
Married Virginia Straffin, August 1964 (divorced February 1973). 1 child, Robert; married Susan M. Bauman, December 31, 1973. 1 child, Veronica; 1 stepchild, Christian Bauman.
