Background
Belasco, Simon was born on December 21, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert and Sara Gwendolyn (Wilson) Belasco.
French language and linguistics educator
Belasco, Simon was born on December 21, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert and Sara Gwendolyn (Wilson) Belasco.
Bachelor of Science in Education, Romance Langs., Temple University, 1940; Master of Arts in French Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy in Romance Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, 1953.
Instructor French and Spanish, Francis Military Academy, Laurel Springs, New Jersey, 1940-1941;
instructor French and Spanish, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1947-1952, summers 1948-1953;
French interpreter, translator, Mission Navale Française, 1942-1944;
French interpreter, translator, Engineering division Philadelphia Naval Base, 1942-1944;
instructor French and psychology, Yokohama (Japan) Control American Electric Power School, 1946-1947;
assistant professor Romance languages, Pennsylvania Military Academy, 1952-1953;
assistant professor Romance linguistics, Pennsylvania State University, 1953-1957;
associate professor, Pennsylvania State University, 1957-1962;
professor, Pennsylvania State University, 1962-1979;
professor emeritus, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1979;
director linguistics program, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1954-1979;
professor French and linguistics, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1979-1991;
Distinguished professor French and classics emeritus, University of Southern California, Columbia, since 1991;
acting department chairman Foreign Langs. and Literature, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1985;
department chairman, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1988-1991. Associate in audiology University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1952-1953. Research associate in psychoacoustics Jefferson Medical College, 1953-1958.
Director linguistics programs summer language institutions for National Defense Education Act, Colgate University, 1959-1961, Emory University, Besançon, France, 1962, Florida State University, 1965, also Academy Year Institute Pennsylvania State University, 1960-1962. Visiting professor Linguistic Society American summer institutions U. Washington, 1963, Indiana U., 1964. Chairman listening and speaking committee, N.E. Conference Teaching of Foreign Langs., 1963.
Member implementation committee major institutional grants National Endowment for Humanities, 1981. Chairman various linguistic sections Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, 1966-1987. Section chairman annual conferences Linguistic Symposium on RomanceLinguistics, 1978, 82, 83.
Referee individual grants National Endowment for Humanities, National Science Foundation.
(Son et Sens : Level One French)
Captain Army of the United States, 1944-1947, PTO. Fellow American Council Learned Socs. Member Modern Language Association (officer, section head numerous committees 1955-1980, chairman Applied Linguistics Division 1979-1980), Linguistic Society of America, Linguistic Circle New York, American Association Teachers French, American Council Teaching of Foreign Languages, American Library. of Recorded Dialect Studies, International Society Phonetic Sciences.
Married Elaine Pile (divorced 1979). Children: Laurence Jon, David Robert, Allyson Anne. Married Martha Catherine Freibert, 1981.