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Bob Danielson
•Chair:1961-1963 and1967-1968
部门任职
1961-1986
教育
明尼苏达大学文学学士
圣地亚哥州立大学文学硕士
After his service in World War II, Robert W. Danielson enrolled at the University of Minnesota and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor’s degree in 英语 in 1950. He subsequently earned a Master's Degree at San Diego State College, and in 1951 began teaching 英语 at Grossmont High School, where he rose through the ranks eventually to become head of its 英语 Department. In 1961, Danielson was hired to the new Department of Literature and Composition at Grossmont大学. He is generally credited as the founding chair of the 英语 Department, though that title is sometimes disputed to belong to Charline Lamons. (See Lamons's bio.) Bob Danielson also chaired the Pacific Coast Regional Conference on 英语 in the Two Year College, and he was a member of the National Council of Teachers of 英语 Curriculum Commission. 英语 Department faculty member Judy Barkley recalled Danielson as a popular teacher and a mentor to new faculty. He remained in San Diego after his retirement. However, on May 11, 2006, after years of enduring the debilitating effects of Parkinson's Disease, Danielson succumbed from a fatal fall.
Charline Lamons
•Chair:1963-1966 and1968-1969
部门任职
1961-1983
教育
布里斯托初级学院的a.a.
学士学位，俄克拉荷马州立大学
俄克拉荷马州立大学硕士
Georgia "Charline" Lamons was born in Bristow, Oklahoma. Before moving to San Diego, California, Charline taught in Ukulele High School (Ukulele, Oklahoma) for seventeen years. In 1961, she was hired as one of the first 英语 Department faculty of the new Grossmont大学. During her years as an educator, Lamons was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Business and Professional Women's Club, Ukulele County Retired Teachers, Kappa Delta Pi, and a charter member of the American Association of University Women. She served two non-consecutive terms as Chair for Grossmont's 英语 Department, during which time she tripled its size, adding in total twelve new full-time instructors. Some affable debate continues even now over whether Charline Lamons or Bob Danielson can rightly claim the title of "first 英语 Department Chair of Grossmont大学." It's a matter of semantics over the word "first": in 1961, Bob Danielson left his position as head of Grossmont High School’s 英语 Department to assume the role of the "first hired Chair" of the Grossmont 英语 Department at its temporary Monte Vista High School location. In 1963, when the new Grossmont Junior College officially began operating from its current campus location, Lamons stepped into the role of "first official Chair." (You may decide which "first" matters more.) Charline Lamons retired from Grossmont大学—and from teaching—in 1983 and returned to her hometown of Ukulele, Oklahoma, but she maintained her connections to Grossmont大学 colleagues over the years. By September 1999, Lamons's mobility became very restrictive and she relocated to a local convalescent facility. When former colleague and friend Ray Resler heard of her circumstances, he flew from San Diego with a wireless keyboard and a webTV unit so that Charline could set up her new e-mail address, charlinel@webtv.net, and stay in touch with everyone. In 2002, Lamons passed away at the age of 85.
George Kirazian
•Chair:1966-1967
部门任职
1963-2003
教育
纽约大学文学学士
纽约大学文学硕士
Originally from Jersey City, George Kirazian earned his B.A. in 1959 from New York University, and soon after completed his graduate studies for an M.A. He relocated to San Diego and was hired by Grossmont大学 in 1963 to teach Composition and Literature; he later served briefly as the 英语 Department Chair, from 1966 to 1967. However, during that time, he hired nine new faculty to the 英语 Department, three of which would go on to become Department Chairs, themselves: Robert Moore, Frank Vittor, and Fred Stollenwerk. After retiring from full-time teaching in 1991, he continued to teach 英语 part-time for Grossmont大学 (and other colleges) until 2005. A man of many talents, Kirazian continued to be active in retirement as a licensed real estate broker, a life agent, author, poet, script writer, musician, and choral composer. He has made significant contributions to the Armenian Poetry Project, published "Easy Writing: A Practical Guide for Business Professionals," and is the author of piano instruction videos. In 2008, he released his critically applauded reworking of an Armenian liturgical composition, "Divine Liturgy of the Armenian Apostolic Church," performed by Pacific Camerata. Kirazian is also a published essayist and lecturer on the subjects of film criticism and music criticism, and he has hosted the popular FM radio program, 读者剧场.
Robert Moore
•Chair:1969-1970
部门任职
1966-1981
教育
斯坦福大学文学学士
乔治华盛顿大学文学硕士
Hired in 1966, Robert E. Moore is one of Grossmont大学's earliest Creative Writing instructors. The College's records of instruction, including its catalogs, indicate that Moore filled the post of Department Chair for a period of only a few months, between 1969 and 1970. While no full-time hires are attributed to his rein as Chair, Moore does appear at least to have championed the budding Creative Writing Program by hiring part-time instructor Verena C. Anderson, who would be responsible for the creation of 初稿，是太阳城娱乐历史最悠久的文学期刊（后来更名为《文学》） 橡子审查in 1999). Moore's careers have been eclectic, including haberdasher and soldier. He retired from teaching to become a full-time writer. His first published novel, "The Imperial Maude" (iUniverse 2004), is a nineteenth century period romance, but he is also renown for his textbook, 所以你想成为一名作家(Boyd & Fraser 1974), which remained on the required textbook list of many Creative Writing courses in the 英语 Department long after Moore's retirement. Other published works by Moore include "Apostrophe to the Ocean—And Heave It In!" (JSTOR: 英语杂志 55.2（1966年2月）：198-200)
Frank Vittor
• Chair:1970-1972
部门任职
1967-1983
教育
我是太阳城娱乐的a.a.
圣地亚哥州立大学学士学位
文学硕士，圣地亚哥州立学院（1968-1969）
Charles "Frank" Vittor held the post of 英语 Department Chair from 1970 to 1972. In 1945, Vittor moved from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to El Cajon, California. In 1961, after attending other colleges, Vittor enrolled in Grossmont大学 in its inaugural year and was among the first Grossmont大学 graduates to receive an Associates Degree diploma in Agronomy on June 15, 1962. Afterward, he completed his Master's Degree at San Diego State College (the topic of Vittor's thesis was justice in Book V of Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queen), and was hired into the Grossmont大学 英语 Department in 1967. In response to questions about why he changed his focus to becoming a teacher of 英语 at Grossmont大学, Vittor responded, "I am a teacher now because I was so impressed by the junior college philosophy while I was a student here." He would continue that philosophy during his short reign as Chair, in which the Department, and the college at large, would undergo a period of expansion in program development and faculty: Vittor would eventually come to hire five new full-time faculty, most of whom would usher the Department into the 21st century; one of those faculty, Dorothy Ledbetter, would serve briefly as Department Chair. Frank Vittor has since passed away.
Fred Stollenwerk
• Chair:1972-1974
部门任职
1965-1990
教育
圣约翰学院文学学士
圣心学院硕士
Frederick J. Stollenwerk joined the faculty of the Grossmont大学 英语 Department in 1965. Before retiring in 1990, Fred was twice named "Outstanding Educator In America" and filled the role of Department Chairperson for two years, from 1972 to 1974. After retiring as Professor Emeritus, Fred maintained his connection to the Grossmont大学 community and served on the Retirement Committee, along with retired colleague Z. Dean Parks, as an article writer for The Grapevine. Beyond his professional life as an 英语 teacher, Fred was distinguished by his interest in traveling and camping, and by his charitable work and volunteerism, which ranged from ministering the poor to fixing children's bicycles. Fred moved to Vancouver, Washington, where he passed away on June 22, 2009 and was buried in Willamette National Cemetery. He leaves behind a large legacy and a large family, some which continues to reside in San Diego.
回家r Lusk
• Chair:1978-1983 and1984-1994
部门任职
1969 - 2004
教育
福特希尔学院的a.a.
圣地亚哥州立大学学士学位
圣地亚哥州立大学文学硕士
Hired by former Chair Charline Lamons, 回家r Lusk joined the 英语 Department full-time in 1969, alternately serving as Department Chair from 1978 to 1983, and again from 1984 to 1994. 回家r championed the growth of the Department's literature program, offering courses such as Science Fiction and Mythology. He is also responsible for helping to make the 英语 Department one of the largest departments at the College, hiring not only dozens of part-time faculty, but ten full-time instructors, including an instructor who would one day rise to the position of the current Department Chair, herself, Dr. Oralee Holder. He retired in December, 2004, but, as an emeritus instructor, he continues to teach part-time in the Department. During his many years as Chair, he cultivated a variety of 项目 that helped to bring a critical mass to the 英语 Department, but his jocular and laid-back style of teaching and leading also gained him a loyal following.
Ruth Anderson
• Chair:1977-1978
部门任职
1970 - 1999
教育
加州西部大学
圣地亚哥州立大学文学硕士
Although the catalogs of record do not acknowledge her, the official Schedule of Classes for the 1977-78 academic year show Ruth Anderson to have served as Department Chair. This particular period of Grossmont大学 history was marked by turbulent pickets, bitter protests and heated debates between the Governing Board and the Grossmont大学 Teachers Association over the issue of collective bargaining. Anderson's was a prominently defiant voice in the protest movement that eventually resulted in a controversial change of Governing Board leadership. Soon after, Ruth married colleague Bruce Barnett (Economics Department), who later became President of the United Faculty. Most remember Ruth Anderson-Barnett's name, however, as synonymous with the Poetry Writing Workshop at Grossmont大学, which she taught for decades. Outside of the classroom and the politics of collective bargaining, Ruth was also a long-time poetry writer and editor. Ruth Anderson-Barnett and husband Bruce retired together in 1999.
Glenda Richter
• Chair:1983 - 1984
部门任职
1968 - 1997
教育
亚利桑那大学图森分校学士学位
圣地亚哥州立大学文学硕士
Before coming to Grossmont大学, Glenda Richter worked for Abraham Lincoln High School, during which time she was completing her MFA at San Diego State College with a thesis collection of short stories. Upon the completion of her MFA, she left Lincoln High School and joined expanding 英语 Department of Grossmont大学. Glenda Richter chaired the 英语 Department Chair from August, 1983, to fall, 1984, during which time she hired but one new full-time instructor: former Lincoln High School colleague, Mary Donnelly, who was destined, herself, to become Department Chair a decade later. Richter is also notable as the Creative Writing teacher to James Buquet, whose 1993 short story was quoted by the national press for its chilling descriptions of the shooting rampage he would carry out at a local fitness center. Richter retired in 1997 after thirty years of service to the District, and since continued to write and publish. Her young adult biography,胡安娜·布里奥内斯的故事：加州先驱该书于2002年由Bookhandler出版社出版.
Mary Donnelly
• Chair:1994-1999
部门任职
1983 - 2003
教育
学士学位，华盛顿大学
美国国际大学文学硕士
患儿。他在洛马角学院任教
特性的。北亚利桑那大学
Dr. Mary Donnelly was hired full-time at Grossmont大学 in 1983, and retired in 2003. Donnelly served as Department Chair from 1994 to 1999. For a brief time she held the post of Acting Dean of Communication and Fine Arts after it had been vacated in 1987 by Dr. Elaine McLevie. (In 1979, McLevie, herself, had transitioned from the 英语 Department into the role of Dean.) Along with colleague Sue Jensen, Donnelly initiated the first links between classes in what was to become the visionary Project Success program. Project Success has since flourished as a network of learning communities both at the developmental level and at the General 教育 and Honors levels, improving success rates for “at-risk” students. The Program continued for years to come to be one of the 英语 Department's centerpieces of learning. During her tenure as chair, Donnelly brought five more tenured instructors into the fold, one of which would succeed her as Department Chair, Paul "Gary" Phillips. In 1997, Mary Donnelly received the Distinguished Faculty Award, and in 2006 Grossmont大学 officially conferred upon her the status of Professor Emerita.
Gary Phillips
• Chair:1999-2007
部门任职
1995 - 2011
教育
圣地亚哥州立大学理学学士学位
文学硕士，英语/创意写作；圣地亚哥州立大学
Paul "Gary" Phillips started as a full-time instructor at Grossmont in 1996 in composition, literature and creative writing. He retired in December, 2011. Gary served as 英语 Department Chair from 1999 to 2007, and at the end of his tenure as Chair received the 2006-2007 Distinguished Faculty Award. During his eight years as Department Chair, he was not only active in workshop development and community outreach projects, but also helped to add twelve new faculty members. As a member of the Creative Writing faculty, he launched a new and successfully genre-specific upper level workshop, Novel Writing. In 2004, Gary and wife Joyce, now-retired Supervisor of the 英语 Writing Center, co-authored 辅导要点 (Wadsworth 2004), a guide to prepare new writing center tutors in grammar instruction concepts. Several years earlier, in 1998, they co-wrote 布雷纳德杂志：对切罗基人的使命，1817-1823(University of Nebraska Press 1998), an anthology of the journals kept by the missionaries to describe their day-to-day lives and the lives of the Cherokee who were ministered by the Brainerd Mission. Gary is not only of Cherokee heritage, but also a direct descendent of the superintendent of the Brainerd Mission.
Oralee Holder
• Chair:2007-2019
部门任职
1990 - 2019
教育
新墨西哥大学博士
南伊利诺伊大学文学硕士
加州路德大学文学学士
Tate Hurvitz
• Co-Chair: 2019-2022
部门任职
2006 - 2022
教育:
1994年，加州大学圣巴巴拉分校英语学士学位
加州大学河滨分校英语硕士，1997年
2002年，加州大学河滨分校，英语博士