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Directory of American scholars, a biographical directory, 1942
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1Larwill, Prof. Paul H(erbert), Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. French, German. Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 13, 79. Ph.B, Louvain, 98; A.B, Princeton, 00; Ph.D, Munich, 34; Hopkins; Berlin; Göttingen; Athens; Paris; Oxon. Lecturer, Posen, 05; prof. Romance langs, Kenyon Col, 15–20; lecturer, California at Los Angeles, 29–30; Samuel Mather prof. French and German, Kenyon Col, 30– Asn. Teachers German (sec’y, Ohio sect, 37–). Theory of practice of translation.
3Lasher, Prof. George Starr, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Journalism. Barry Co, Mich, Sept. 25, 85. A.B, Michigan, 11, A.M, 17; Chicago; Columbia. Instr. Eng, Kans. State Teachers Col, 14–16; head dept, univ. high sch, Chicago, 17–18; instr. rhetoric, Michigan, 19–24; prof. journalism and Eng, Ohio (Athens), 24–, director sch. journalism, 36– Field supervisor Eng, U.S.A, 18–19. Asn. Teachers Journalism; Council Teachers Eng. Essay reading; manual of usage.
5Lasher-Schlitt, Prof. Dorothy, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N. Y. German. Austria, July 28, 05. A.B, Hunter Col, 28; A.M, Columbia, 29; Berlin, 28; Ph.D, N. Y. Univ, 35. Tutor, Hunter Col, 28, 29–30; Brooklyn Col, Col. City N. Y, 30–37, asst. prof. German, 37– Mod. Lang. Asn; Asn. Teachers German. German drama of the nineteenth century; Grillparzer’s attitude toward the Jews.
7Lasserre, Prof. Henri, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont, Can. Sociology. Geneva, Switzerland, July 4, 75. B.A, Geneva, 93, B.Sc, 94, Lic. Law, 97; Berlin, 96–97. Attorney at law, Geneva, Switzerland, 97–05, 06–19; instr. French, Victoria Col, Toronto, 23–25, lecturer, 25–29, assoc. prof, 29–40, special lecturer, 40– Pres, Robert Owen Foundation, 36–; v. pres, Foundation pour Cooperatives Integrales, Basel, Switzerland, 27–38. Cooperative and community movements.
9Lasswell, Dr. Harold D(wight), Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. Political science. Donnellson, Ill, Feb. 13, 02. Ph.B, Chicago, 22, Ph.D, 26; London, Geneva, Paris and Berlin, 23–25. Asst. polit. sci, Chicago, 22–24, instr, 24–27, asst. prof, 27–32, assoc. prof, 32–38; polit. scientist, Washington Sch. Psychiat, 38–39; chief exp. div. for study of wartime communications, Library of Congress, 40– Visiting prof, Syracuse, 26; Social Sci. Res. Council fellow, 28–29; visiting prof, Western Reserve, 29; California, 35; Yenching, 37; visiting Sterling lecturer, sch. law, Yale, 38–; lecturer, New Sch. Social Res, 39– Polit. Sci. Asn; Sociol. Soc. Communications research; labor attitudes and problems; propaganda; public opinion; politics.
11Latham, Prof. Earl G(anson), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Political science. New Bedford, Mass, Oct. 28, 07. A.B, Harvard, 31, 32–33, Ph.D, 39. Instr, Night High Sch, Brockton, Mass, 32–33; asst. govt, Harvard, 33–35, instr. and tutor, 36–40; asst. prof. polit. sci, Minnesota, 40– Social Sci. Res. Council fellow, 35–36; special correspondent, ‘Washington Post,’ 37–; instr. and tutor, Radcliffe Col, 38–40. James Gordon Bennett prize, Harvard, 31. Polit. Sci. Asn. American constitutional law, history and theory; political philosophy of Matthew Hale; federal regulation of collective bargaining.
13Lathrop, Prof. Churchill Pierce, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. Art. New York, N. Y, Aug. 26, 00. A.B, Rutgers, 22; A.M, Princeton, 28. Instr. art, Dartmouth Col, 28–31, asst. prof, 31–37, prof, 37– Col. Art Asn.
15Lathrop, Prof. Francis Child, [address hidden], New York, N. Y. Music. San Francisco, Calif, May 28, 96. A.B, Wisconsin, 19; L.T.C.L, Trinity Col. (England), 35; École Nor. de Musique (Paris). Instr. music, Brooklyn Col, Col. City N. Y, 32–36, asst. prof, 36– First violin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; second violin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Musicol. Soc; Music Teachers Nat. Asn. Musical compositions; acoustic ratios; the ornamented contrapuntal line in Bach; melody among the Ojibway Sioux; the teaching of harmony.
17Latimer, Prof. Charles T(rowbridge), Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo. Romance languages. Enoree, S. C, May 2, 93. A.B, Colo. Col, 16; A.M, Chicago, 20. Instr, Wyoming, 17–19; Romance langs, Colo. Col, 20–22, asst. prof, 22–25, assoc. prof, 25–28, prof, 28– Influence of Bayle’s dictionary on the theological articles in Voltaire’s ‘Dictionaire Philosophique.’
19Latimer, Prof. John F(rancis), George Washington University, Washington, D. C. Classical languages and literatures. Clinton, Miss, May 16, 03. A.B, Miss. Col, 22; A.M, Chicago, 26; Ph.D, Yale, 29. Instr, Vanderbilt, 26–27; master, Taft Sch, 29–31; asst. prof, Knox Col, 31–33; assoc. prof, Drury Col, 33–36; asst. prof. law, George Washington, 36–40, assoc. prof, 40– Summers, Am. director, Classical Sch. Naples, 38–40. Philol. Asn; Classical Asn. Middle Atlantic States. Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl; Hesiod versus Perses.
21Latimer, Prof. Mary E(llen), Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Va. Speech. Ridgetown, Ont, Can, Sept. 17, 95. A.B, Hiram Col, 19; A.M, Wisconsin, 31, Ph.D, 35; London, 38. Instr. speech, Mt. Holyoke Col, 20–21; teacher pub. speaking and director dramatics, high sch, Elgin, Ill, 21–22; asst. prof. speech, Baylor Col, 22–24, head dept. expression, 24–30; from asst. prof. to prof. Eng. and director speech and dramatics, Mary Baldwin Col, 33– Summers, lecturer, Wisconsin, 36, 41, lecturer and director theater, Wyoming, 37. Nat. Collegiate Players. Prose domestic tragedy of the eighteenth century; the self in oral interpretation of literature.
23Latimer, Prof. M(urray), Mississippi College, Clinton, Miss. Classics. Crystal Springs, Miss, May 8, 72. A.B. and B.S, Miss. Col, 97; A.M, Mississippi, 98; Chicago, summers, 98–00, 16, 25, 33. Prof. Greek, Miss. Col, 99–32, Greek and Latin, 32–
25Latimer, Murray W(ebb), [address hidden], N.W, Washington, D. C. Economics. Clinton, Miss, Jan. 6, 01. A.B, Miss. Col, 19; M.B.A, Harvard, 24; Columbia, 26–28. Instr. finance and supervisor res, Harvard, 24–26; economist, Indust. Relations Counselors, Inc, 26–33; consultant on social insurance to fed. coordinator transportation, 33–34; chairman, U. S. R.R. Retirement Board, 34– Lecturer, Pennsylvania, 36–37. Director bur. fed. old age insurance, Social Security Board, 36. Mem. tech. board and chairman old age security cmt, President’s Cmt. Econ. Security, 34–35. Econ. Asn; Statist. Asn; Asn. Social Security (advisory cmt); Asn. Labor Legislation (advisory cmt). Social insurance; distribution of textiles; trade union pension systems in the United States and Canada; industrial pensions.
27Latourette, Prof. Kenneth Scott, [address hidden], New Haven, Conn. Expansion of Christianity. Oregon City, Oregon, Aug. 9, 84. B.S, Linfield Col, 04, D.D, 22; A.B, Yale, 06, Foote fellow, 06–09, A.M, 07, Ph.D, 09. Traveling sec’y, Student
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