Robert Anthony Quinn

Background

Quinn, Robert Anthony was born on March 4, 1947 in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States. Son of Jesse Joseph and Mary Lois Quinn.

Education

Bachelor in Spanish and English, Delta State University, 1969; Master of Arts in Spanish, Florida Atlantic U., 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in Romance Philology, Louisiana State University, 1978.

Career

Teaching graduate assistant department foreign language, U. Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1969-1970; teacher, secondary English, Deereborne High School, Coral Gables, 1970-1971; teaching graduate assistant department languages/linguistics, Florida Atlantic U., Boca Raton, 1970-1971; college teacher, Spanish division Langs. and Literature, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi, 1971-1974, 75-83; professor Spanish, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi, 1983-1986; graduate teaching assistant department foreign languages, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1974-1975; language education specialist department foreign languages, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1986-1989; associate professor Spanish department modern languages, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, 1989-1991; director Language Learning Center, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, 1990-1991; chairman, associate professor Spanish department modern languages, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, since 1991. Representative from United States Military Academy to Defense Executive Committee on Language Efforts, 1987-1989. Consultant to various university and publications, 1988-1992.

Presenter, lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Robert Anthony Quinn has been listed as a noteworthy Spanish language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese, International Association Learning Lab Dirs., American Council Teachers Foreign Langs., New England Association Learning Laboratory Dirs., Kiwanis (president Cleveland 1979-1980, lieutenant governor Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee district 1981-1982), KC, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Delta Pi, Phi Kappa Tau.

Interests

• Avocations: church organist, foreign travel, creative writing, sketching and art.

Connections

Married Marie Louise Katzenmeyer, December 26, 1970. Children: Erin Kathleen, Brian Albert.

Father:

Jesse Joseph Quinn

Mother:

Mary Lois Quinn

Spouse:

Marie Louise Katzenmeyer

child:

Brian Albert Quinn

child:

Erin Kathleen Quinn