Thomas Albert Hale

Background

Hale, Thomas Albert was born on January 5, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Albert Greenleaf and Constance Yvonne (Lowe) Hale.

Education

Bachelor in French Literature, Tufts U., 1964; Master of Arts in French Literature, Tufts U., 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in French Literature, U. Rochester, 1974.

Career

Agricultural cooperative assistant, Union Nigérienne de Crédit et de Coopération, Tillabéri, Niger, 1964-1966; administrative assistant to director National Defense Education Act French Institute, Tufts U., 1967; teaching assistant French department Romance languages, Tufts U., 1967-1978; assistant d'anglais Lycée Blaise Pascal and Center Régional de Documentation Pédagogique, U. de Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 1968-1969; teaching assistant in French, department language and linguistics, U. Rochester, 1971-1972; from instructor to assistant professor to associate professor to professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1973. Tutor English, Tillabéri, Niger, 1964-1966. Coordinator undergraduate studies French department Pennsylvania State University, 1975-1988, chairman African studies committee, since 1975, acting director comparative literature program, 1984-1985.

Consultant Foreign Svc. Institute, 1981-1983, Library. Congress, 1981-1983; reviewer grants National Endowment for Humanities 1982, 84, 85, 87, Philadelphia Modern Language Association, 1987-1988.

Screening committee African literature Fulbright Grant Program, 1981-1983. Administrator exchange program Pennsylvania State University and University Niamey, 1986-1990. Visiting lecturer English department U. de Niamey, 1980-1981.

Chairman Association African Studies Programs, 1991-1993. Honorary member of advisory committee Center Césairien d'Etudes Recherches, Fort-de-France, Martinique, since 1985.

Achievements

• Thomas Albert Hale has been listed as a noteworthy African and French literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Scribe, Griot, and Novelist: Narrative Interpreters of the Songhay Empire

    (Book by Hale, Thomas A.)

  • Scribe, Griot, and Novelist: Narrative Interpreters of the Songhay Empire by Thomas A. Hale (1990-04-01)

Membership

Member Modern Language Association (chairman division African literature 1977, chairman French literature outside Europe 1982), American Association Teachers French, American Comparative Literature Association African Literature Association (secretary-treasurer 1974-1979, president 1981-1982), African Studies Association, Society des Africanistes, American Folklore Society.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, collecting books on airplanes, jogging, swimming.

Connections

Married Barbara Ann Lalinsky, December 28, 1968. 1 child, John Hale.

Father:

Albert Greenleaf Hale

Mother:

Constance Yvonne (Lowe) Hale

Spouse:

Barbara Ann Lalinsky

child:

John Hale