Robert Cecil Pooley

Background

Pooley, Robert Cecil was born on March 25, 1989 in Brooklyn. Son of Cecil Silas Webb and Charlotte Lillian Pooley.

Education

Student, General Theological Seminary, 1922-1924; AB, Colorado College Education, 1926; AM, Colorado College Education, 1927; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1932.

Career

Teaching fellow, Colorado College Education, 1926; assistant professor, Colorado College Education, 1927-1931; assistant Professor of English,, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1931-1935; associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1935-1940; professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, from 1940; department chairman integrated liberal studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1947-1963; director Wisconsin English curriculum project, University of Wisconsin, Madison, from 1963. Special consultant on English pre-induction training branch Army Svc. Forces, 1941-1943; chairman National Committee on General Education, 1949-1950.

Curiculum consultant Lebanon Valley College, Jamestown College, Beloit College.

Achievements

• Robert Cecil Pooley has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • The Teaching of English Usage

    ("to determine the varieties of language usage")

  • The teaching of English usage
  • The Teaching of English Usage by Robert Cecil Pooley (1974-06-01)

Membership

Member National Conference on Research in English (president 1938), National Council Teachers English (president 1941, director publications until 1952), American Dialect Society, Wisconsin English Teachers Association (president 1936), University Club, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Kappa, Pi Kappa Delta, Phi Kappa Tau.

Connections

Married Lucile Mae Setzler, August 29, 1927. Children: Robert Neville, Alan Setzler.

Father:

Cecil Silas Webb Pooley

Mother:

Charlotte Lillian Pooley

Spouse:

Lucile Mae Setzler

child:

Robert Neville Pooley

child:

Alan Setzler Pooley