Robert Ralston Cawley

Background

Cawley, Robert Ralston was born on July 18, 1893 in Canasaraga, New York, United States. Son of Frank Edward and Sarah Haseltine (Brown) Cawley.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1914, Master of Arts (honors), 1915, Doctor of Philosophy, 1921. Postgraduate (Harvard traveling fellow) university of London, Berlin, Paris, 1921-1922.

Career

Elizabeth. Teacher French, German, Spanish, Thacher School, Ojai, California, 1915-1918. Instructor French, German, Spanish, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1919-1920. Instructor English, Princeton, 1922-1925, assistant professor 1925-1927, associate professor 1927-1944, professor, 1944.

Acting department chairman, 1948-1949, 1951-1952.

Distinguished professor City Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, 1963. President, London Scholars’ Group of America U. Union.

Achievements

• Robert Ralston Cawley has been listed as a notable educator, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as Second lieutenant Question Manager Reserve Corps. Army of the United States, 1918. Member Modern Language Association American (chairman English section I, chairman advisory board 1947, chairman Milton group 1948, advisory board 1949-1951), American Association University Professors, Alpha Phi Sigma (Harvard).

Club: Princeton (Philadelphia).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Hoon, September 18, 1937.

Father:

Frank Edward Cawley

Mother:

Sarah Haseltine (Brown) Cawley

Spouse:

Elizabeth Hoon