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Reed Gwillim Law

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Born: Reed Gwillim Law

January 19, 1921
Bristol, CT

Died: December 25, 1975

Northport, NY

Spouses: Jean Inglis Law (m. January 13, 1943); Bobbie Winifred Law (m. 1962)

Children: Reed Gwillim Law Jr., Steven Inglis Law, Zachary Nathan Dennett Law, Robert Royal Zebulon Law, and Bronwyn Merhige

Step Children: Susan Elizabeth Smith and Michael Ralston

Parents: Harry Nathan Law and Bessie Gwillim Law

Early Life

Education

  • Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, MA
  • Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT: B.A. 1942
  • Yale University, New Haven, CT: Ph.D. 1950

Career

  • Army Air Corps, 1st lt., 1943-46: navigator on missions from British base
  • Cortland State Teachers' College, Cortland, NY, 1949-62: professor of foreign languages, department chairman
  • Sabbatical study in Madrid, Spain and Montpellier, France: 1955-56
  • University of Libya, Tripoli, with US-AID (Agency for International Development), 1962-63
  • University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 1963-64: visiting professor
  • C. W. Post College, Greenvale, NY, 1964-75: professor, dean of humanities

Accomplishments

  • Author (with Bobbie) of "From Reason to Romanticism," Big Mountain Press, 1965

(Source: Directory of American Scholars, Part 3, 5th Edition. I have the typescript they sent for verification.)