Background
Aderman, Ralph Merl was born on May 27, 1919 in Malinta, Ohio, United States. Son of Rudolph Ernest and Stella Barbara (Litzenberg) Aderman.
Aderman, Ralph Merl was born on May 27, 1919 in Malinta, Ohio, United States. Son of Rudolph Ernest and Stella Barbara (Litzenberg) Aderman.
Bachelor of Engineering, University Toledo, 1941. Master of Arts, University Toledo, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1951.
Teacher high school, Henry County, Ohio., 1941-1945; graduate teaching assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1945-1947; instructor English, Milwaukee State Teachers College, 1947-1952; instructor English, Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee, 1952-1956; associate Professor of English, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1956-1959; Professor of English, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1959-1985; professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, since 1985. Fulbright lecturer U. Bucharest, 1965-1966.
Director Milwaukee County History Society, 1953—1985. Member of Modern Language Association, Manuscript Society, Thoreau Society, Poe Society, Melville Society, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Tau Delta.
Married Alice Coralyn Rath, November 26, 1942. 1 child, Jeffrey Alan.