Background
Edgerton, William B. was born on March 11, 1914 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Paul Clifton and Annie Maude (Benbow) Edgerton.
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Edgerton, William B. was born on March 11, 1914 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Paul Clifton and Annie Maude (Benbow) Edgerton.
Bachelor of Arts, Guilford College, 1934; Master of Arts, Haverford College, 1935; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1954.
Teacher French. German, Spanish, English in secondary schools, United States and France, 1935-1939;
faculty French and Spanish, Guilford College, 1939-1947;
faculty Russian literature, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1950-1956;
faculty Russian literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1954-1955;
faculty Russian literature, Columbia University, New York City, 1956-1958;
professor Slavic languages and literature, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1958-1983;
professor emeritus, Indiana U., Bloomington, since 1983;
chairman Slavic department, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1958-1965, 69-73;
acting director Russian and East European Institute, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1981-1982. Consultant Ford Foundation, 1952-1961. Member joint commission on Slavic studies American Council Learned Socs., 1951-1962, chairman 1958-1961.
Visiting research scholar Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Science, 1963-1964, 78, 87, 88, 89, 90, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, 1986,88.
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Board directors American Friends Service Committee, 1956-1959. Trustee Guilford College, 1969-1986. Member visiting committee for Slavic Studies Harvard University, 1967-1977.
Member advisory committee National Humanities Center, since 1978. War relief work American Friends Service Committee Yugoslav refugee camp, Egypt, 1944-1945, director, lecturer international student seminars United States, 1948, 51, Geneva, 1949, Vienna, 1956, Leningrad, 1960. Organizing search foreign child victims Nazis, Germany, 1945-1946, Quaker relief work, Poland, 1946, international missions Yugoslavia, Greece, 1950, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1955, Poland, 1957.
Member Modern Language Association (executive council 1962-1965), American Association Advancement Slavic Studies (president 1961), American Committee Slavists (chairman 1958-1978), International Committee Slavists (American representative, 1958-1978, honorary mem since 1978).
Married Jewell Mock Conrad, June 6, 1935 (deceased December 1993). Children: Susan, David.