Thomas Hahn Arthur

Background

Arthur, Thomas Hahn was born in 1937 in Chicago, AMERICA0. Son of Maxwell Arthur and Josephine Edith (Hahn) Arthur.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1959; Master of Arts, Indiana U., 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana U., 1973.

Career

Promotion director, Graphic Arts Buyer Magazine, Chicago, 1960-1963; publicity supervisor, actor, Court Theatre, University of Chicago, 1963, 64; teaching assistant, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1965-1968; co-founder, director, publicity manager, Indiana Summer Repertoire Theatre, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1966; assistant professor theater, Illinois State University, Normal, 1969-1973; adjunct lecturer theater history, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 1972-1973; professor theater, head department theatre and dance, James Madison U., Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1973-1994; director, School Theatre and Dance, 1994-1995. Artistic director The Dinner Theatre, James Madison U., 1977, 82, 85, 88,91, 92, 93. Radio interviewer British Broadcasting Corporation, 1981, 84.

Academic specialist United States Information Agency, South Africa and Finland, 1989, Hungary, 1994. Consultant United States Information Agency, Naples, Italy, 1996. Individual lecturer American Theatre, U. East Anglia, Richmond, England, British Institute Florence, Italy, 1990, International Federation Theatre Research, Tel Aviv, 1996, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1997, Ahmedabad, India, 1997, Ankara, Turkey, 1997.

Program evaluator National Association Schools Theatre, since 1990. Guest director, actor Sweet Briar College, Amherst, Virginia, 1972-1973.

Achievements

• Thomas Hahn Arthur has been listed as a noteworthy Theater educator, director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Governor's Commn for 200th Aniv. of Constitution, Richmond, 1983-1984. Member Virginia Writers Club, American Studies Association, Association Theatre in Higher Education, Comm. Association American, Society Theatre Research, National Association Schools of Theatre (Chairman of Commission on nominations 1995, Chairman of Commission on ethics since 1996), International Federation Theatre Research, Southeastern Theater Conference, Virginia Theatre Association (Vice-President 1983-1984, chair theatre division 1991-1995).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, traveling.

Connections

Married Carolyn Ruth Dry (divorced 1967). 1 child, Michael Dry. Married Ellen Mary Sharkey, March 28, 1968 (divorced 1976).

Children: Adam Stephen, Benjamin Douglas. Married KathleenAlden Giles, December 28, 1976. 1 child, Robert Kenneth.

Father:

Maxwell Arthur Arthur

Mother:

Josephine Edith (Hahn) Arthur

Spouse:

Ellen Mary Sharkey

Spouse:

KathleenAlden Giles

Spouse:

Carolyn Ruth Dry

child:

Benjamin Douglas Arthur

child:

Michael Dry Arthur

child:

Robert Kenneth Arthur

child:

Adam Stephen Arthur