Ralph Waterbury Condee

Background

Condee, Ralph Waterbury was born on January 11, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph Waterbury and Ruth Ashby (Hanecy) Condee.

Education

AB, University of Illinois, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1949; AM, University of Chicago, 1939.

Career

Writer, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1941-1942; ad writer, Armour & Company, Chicago, 1941-1942; teaching assistant, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1945-1947; from instructor to professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1949-1980; professor emeritus English and classics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1980; director honors program in English, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1965-1980; director Shakespeare on Film, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1974-1980; acting director Center for Continuing Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1961-1962. Senior research fellow Glasgow (Scotland) U., 1962-1980.

Achievements

• Ralph Waterbury Condee has been listed as a noteworthy English literature and humanities educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1945. PTO. Member Modern Language Association (life), Milton Society of America (life), Alpha Delta Phi, Eta Sigma Phi, Phi Eta Sigma.

Interests

• Avocations: bird banding, chess, harpsichord playing.

Connections

Married Norma Hauser Faricy, October 10, 1942. Children: Ralph Waterbury, Nancy Patricia, William T. Faricy.

Father:

Ralph Waterbury Condee

Mother:

Ruth Ashby (Hanecy) Condee

Spouse:

Norma Hauser Faricy

child:

Nancy Patricia Condee

child:

Ralph Waterbury Condee

child:

William T. Faricy Condee