Background
Langbaum, Robert Woodrow Son of Murray and Nettie (Moskowitz) Langbaum.
Langbaum, Robert Woodrow Son of Murray and Nettie (Moskowitz) Langbaum.
AB, Cornell University, 1947. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1954.
Instructor English Cornell University, 1950-1955, assistant professor, 1955-1960. Associate professor University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1960-1963, professor English, 1963—1967, James Branch Cabell professor English and American literature, 1967—1999, professor emeritus, since 1999. Visiting professor Columbia University, summer 1960, 65-66, Harvard University, summer 1965.
Member supervising committee English Institute, 1970-1971, chairman, 1972. Member Christian Gauss Book Award Committee, 1984-1986. United States Information Service lecturer Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, 1988.
Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1942-1946.
Member Modern Language Association (delegate assembly 1979-1981), American Association of University Professors, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Association Literature Scholars and Critics, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Francesca Levi Vidale, November 5, 1950. 1 child, Donata Emily.