Background
Gougher, Ronald Lee was born on July 27, 1939 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Franklin and Beatrice Dorothy (Shanaberger) Gougher.
foreign language educator and administrator
Gougher, Ronald Lee was born on July 27, 1939 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel Franklin and Beatrice Dorothy (Shanaberger) Gougher.
Bachelor, Muhlenberg College, 1961. Postgraduate, Albright College, 1962. Postgraduate, Stanford University, 1963.
Master of Arts, Lehigh University, 1964. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1964. Postgraduate, University Pennsylvania, 1964—1975.
Advanced certified, Goethe Institute, Munich, 1969.
Chairman foreign language department Parkland High School, Allentown, 1961-1965. Teacher German Moravian Seminary for Girls, 1965-1969. Instructor German Lehigh University, 1965-1969.
Associate professor German West Chester (Pennsylvania) University, 1969—2005, coordinator German studies, 1972—2005, director international education, 1974-1983, chairman department foreign languages, 1977-1996, campus director Experiment in International Living, 1972-1992. Treasurer Pennsylvania Consortium International Education, 1978-1983, president, 1983-1986, World Learning Inc., since 1992. Coordinator-chairperson Association Departments Foreign Languages, State Systems Higher Education, Pennsylvania, 1984-1988, delegate First Joint Conference Chinese and American Education Great Hall of People, Beijing, 1992.
Citizen ambassador Linguistics delegate to China, 1991-1992, lecturer in field, consultant Franklin Mint, since 1992. Consultant, program director Chester Conty Intermediate Unit. Guest lecturer Ufa, Ivanova, Russia, 1993, Czestochowa, Poland, Ufa, Russia, Sendai, Japan, Jurmala, Riga, Valmiera, Latvia, 1994-1996, Kaunus, Lithuania, 1995.
Participant Hungarian Parliament Sessions, Budapest, 1994. Director American-European studies program, West Chester University and Soros Foundation, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, 1994, Moldova, 1995, Estonia, 1996, Albania, Bosnia, Kyrgystan, Mongolia, since 1997, Kazakhstan, since 1998, Azerbaijan, 1999, Kosovo, 2001-2002, Georgia, 2003, China, Haiti, Zimbabwe, Immaculata University, Argentina, 2005. Director International School-U. Partnership Program, West Chester University and Chester County Intermediate Unit, 1988-2005.
Director International School-U. Partners program Chester County Intermediate Unit and West Chester University, 1991-1997.
Board directors Peters Valley Crafts Center, United States Information Agency, 1988-1995. Active Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program, 1988-1996, Citizen Ambassador Program, China, 1991, 92, Vietnam, Cambodia, 2007. Member American Association Teachers German, American Council Teaching Foreign Languages, Northeast Conference Teaching Foreign Languages, International Platform Association, Smithsonian Institution, Ruffed Grouse Society, Trout Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited.
1 child, Robert.