Casimir Douglass Zdanowicz, Jr.
Casimir Douglass Zdanowicz, Jr. (born September 14, 1883 in Gallatin, Tennessee , † 1953 in Madison (Wisconsin) ) was an American Romanist .
life and work
Casimir Douglass Zdanowicz, Jr., son of the German and Romanist Casimir Douglas Zdanowicz, Sr. , studied at Vanderbilt University in Nashville (graduated in 1903) and at Harvard University , where he received his doctorate in 1906 with the thesis Greek proper names in old French . After a further study visit to Paris, Madrid and Florence, he taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1907 to 1919 (until 1910 as an instructor, then as an assistant professor), from 1919 to 1921 as a professor of Romance languages at the Randolph-Macon Women's College (today: Randolph College) in Lynchburg (Virginia) , finally from 1921 until his death again at the University of Wisconsin (first as Associate Professor, from 1923 as Full Professor of Romance Studies). From August 1917 to August 1918, he taught French to the American military at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. From 1930 to 1933 he was President of the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Association (NFMLTA). In 1939 and 1944–1945 he was President (1929–1931 Vice President) of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF). He was co-editor of various study texts.
Works
- (with Frederick Augustus Grant Cowper and Richard Thayer Holbrook ) Liberty French , New York, Educational Bureau. National War Work Council of Young Men's Christian Associations by Association Press, 1918 (originated in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia).
literature
- Who's Who in Polish America , ed. by Francis Bolek, New York, Harbinger House, 1943.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Zdanowicz, Casimir Douglass Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romance Studies |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gallatin , Tennessee , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1953 |
| Place of death | Madison , Wisconsin , United States |