Robert Mark Gorrell

Background

Gorrell, Robert Mark was born on August 9, 1914 in Bremen, Indiana, United States. Son of James Kenneth and Edna Pearl (Stock) Gorrell.

Education

Student, Indiana University, 1933. AB, Cornell University, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1939.

Doctor of Hebrew Literature (honorary), University Nevada, 1980.

Career

Member faculty Deep Springs College, California, 1939-1942, Indiana University, 1942-1945. Professor English, University Nevada, Reno, 1945-1980, professor emeritus, since 1980, graduate dean Graduate School, 1967-1968, dean extension, 1967-1969, dean arts and science, 1972-1976, vice president academy affairs, 1976-1980. Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1952, University Sydney, Australia, 1954-1955, University Helsinki, 1961-1962.

Achievements

• Robert Mark Gorrell has been listed as a noteworthy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Modern English Rhetoric and Handbook, seventh edition

Membership

Chairman board directors Reno Little Theatre, 1959-1963. Member Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers English (chairman college section 1965-1967), Conference College Composition and Communication (chairman 1963-1964), Renaissance Society, Rhetoric Society of America, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Johnnie Belle Thomas, August 9, 1939 (deceased 1978). Children: Mark, Sara Gorrell Peterson. Married Mary Gojack, December 19, 1979 (deceased 1985).

Father:

James Kenneth Gorrell

Mother:

Edna Pearl (Stock) Gorrell

Spouse:

Mary Gojack

Spouse:

Johnnie Belle Thomas

child:

Sara Gorrell Peterson Gorrell

child:

Mark Gorrell