Background
Strout, Sewall Cushing was born on April 19, 1923 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Sewall Cushing and Margaret Deering Strout.
Strout, Sewall Cushing was born on April 19, 1923 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Sewall Cushing and Margaret Deering Strout.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1947; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1952.
Instructor English and history, Williams College, 1949-1951; instructor history, Yale University, 1952-1956; assistant professor, Yale University, 1956-1959; associate professor humanities, California Institute Technology, 1959-1962; professor, California Institute Technology, 1962-1964; faculty, Cornell Univercity, 1964-1989; Ernest I. White professor American studies and humane letters, Cornell Univercity, 1975-1989, emeritus.
Served with United States Army, 1943-1946. Member American Studies Association, Tocqueville Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Jean Philbrick, June 12, 1948. Children: Nathaniel Cushing, Benjamin Philbrick, Nicholas Lockey.