Background
Aldrich, Virgil Charles was born on September 13, 1903 in Narsingpur, India. Son of Floyd Clemet and Ann (Hanley) Aldrich.
Aldrich, Virgil Charles was born on September 13, 1903 in Narsingpur, India. Son of Floyd Clemet and Ann (Hanley) Aldrich.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1925; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Ohio Wesleyan University, 1963; student, University of Oxford, 1926-1927; Diplome d'Etudes Superieures de Philosophie, La Sorbonne, 1928; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, 1931; Doctor of Humane Letters, Kenyon College, 1972.
Instructor, assistant professor Rice Institute, 1931-1942. Visiting professor Columbia, 1942-1946. Professor philosophy Kenyon College, 1946-1965.
Visiting professor Brown University, 1962-1963. Professor University North Carolina, 1965-1972, University Utah, Salt Lake City, since 1972. Director Kyoto American Studies Institute, Japan.
Visiting professor Harvard University, University Michigan, University Texas.
Member American Philosophical Association (president), American Society Aesthetics (trustee, president), Southern Society Philosophy and Psychology.
Married Louise Hafliger, September 3, 1927. 1 son, David Virgil.