Background

Connor, Walter Robert was born on August 30, 1934 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

Education

Bachelor, Hamilton College, 1956. Doctor of Humane Letters, Hamilton College, 1991. Doctor of Philosophy in Classics, Princeton University, 1961.

Doctor of Humane Letters, Knox College, 1993.

Career

Instructor, U. Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1960-1963; junior fellow, Center Hellenic Studies, 1963-1964; assistant professor, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1964-1970; associate professor, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1970-1972; professor, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1972-1989; Andrew Fleming West professor classics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1978-1989; department chairman classics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1972-1977; Chairman of Commission Hellenic studies, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1979-1985; chairman county humanities, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1982-1989; president, director, National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Pk., North Carolina, since 1989; professor classics, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1989. Visiting professor University of Michigan, U. Colorado, Breadloaf School of English, Institute Advanced Study, 1985-1986. Member overseers' commission to visit the classics Harvard University, 1976-1984, commission to visit the Memorial Church, since 1995.

Member university county commission on literature Yale University, 1979-1983. Member managing committee American School Classical Studies in Athens, 1973-1989, Executive Committee, 1976-1980, 85-89. Trustee William Alexander Procter Foundation, 1980-1989, Princeton University Press, 1989, The Glaxo Wellcome Foundation, since 1995.

Member of advisory board U. North Carolina, Asheville, 1990-1994, Athens (Greece) College, since 1996.

Achievements

• Walter Robert Connor has been listed as a noteworthy classics educator, administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The New Politicians of Fifth-Century Athens

    ( A reprint of the Princeton University Press edition of ...)

  • Greek Orations: 4th Century B.C. : Lysias, Isocrates, Demosthenes, Aeschines, Hyperides and Letter of Philip

    (Book by Connor, W. Robert)

  • Greek Orations Lysias Isocrates Demosthe
  • The New Politicians of Fifth-Century Athens by W. Robert Connor (1992-10-01)
  • The New Politicians of Fifth-Century Athens by Walter Robert Connor (1971-08-21)
  • The New Politicians of Fifth-Century Athens Paperback - October 1, 1992
  • By W. Robert Connor - New Politicians of Fifth-Century Athens: 1st (first) Edition

Membership

Alumni trustee Princeton University, 1993-1997. Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Member American Philosophical Society, Princeton Club, Century Association, American Philological Association (president 1987-1988), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Carolyn Loessel. Children: Christopher, Stephan.

Spouse:

Carolyn Loessel

child:

Stephan Connor

child:

Christopher Connor