Background
Oates, Whitney J. was born on March 26, 1904 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of James Franklin and Henrietta May (Jennings) Oates.
Oates, Whitney J. was born on March 26, 1904 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of James Franklin and Henrietta May (Jennings) Oates.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1926, A.M., 1927, Doctor of Philosophy, 1931. Doctor of Humane Letters, Rockford College, 1961, Brown U., 1961. Doctor of Literature, Middlebury College, 1964.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Washington and Lee University, 1967.
Jennings. Instructor classics Princeton, 1927-1930, assistant professor, 1931-1939, associate professor, 1940-1945, professor, 1945-1970, chairman, department classics, 1945-1961, chairman special program in humanities, 1945-1960, chairman council humanities, 1953-1970. Rockefeller post-war fellow, 1948, Andrew Fleming West professor classics, 1949-1962, Avalon professor humanities, 1962-1970. Emeritus, from 1970; broadcast Invitation to Learning Program, from 1940.
Co-director National Woodrow Wilson.
Fellowship Foundation. Member board directors American Council Learned Socs. (treasurer until 1971).
Served from First lieutenant to captain United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1943-1945. Member American Philological Association, Classical Association Atlantic States, Phi Beta Kappa (senator-at-large, president united chapters from 1964), Phi Beta Kappa Associates. Club: Century Association (New York City).
Married Virginia Hill, September 1, 1927.