Bissell, Kenneth McLeod, 1884-1972.

Kenneth M. Bissell: professor of French, University of Southern California at Los Angeles, 1918- ; chairman of the department, 1927-1929.

From the description of Kenneth McLeod Bissell papers, 1903-1968 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702167452

Kenneth M. Bissell: professor of French, University of Southern California at Los Angeles, 1918- ; chairman of the department, 1927-1929.

Kenneth McLeod Bissell. Clerical position, Lamont, Corliss & Company (importing agents), New York City, November, 1907-February, 1908; graduate student, Columbia University, 1908; travel, work on ranches and with surveying parties in Mexico, and growing oranges in Riverside, Calif., with five trips to Europe and one to North Africa interspersed, 1908-13; salesman, Holmes-Walton company (real estate), Los Angeles, 1914-1917; graduate student and instructor, French Department, University of Southern California, 1917-18 (M.A. 1919); officer candidate, Officers' Training Camp, Presidio of San Francisco, July-September 1918; instructor in military French, S.A.T.C. Unit, University of Southern California, 1918; assistant professor, 1920; student, Universities of Geneva and Paris, and travel in various countries, 1920-22; professor, University of Southern California, 1922-27; chairman, Department of French, and chief student advisor, 1927-29; trip around the world (Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Switzerland, Italy, England, Scotland, Scandinavia, Germany, and France), 1929-31; professor, University of Southern California, 1931-.

Married, October 8, 1913, in London, England, Josephine Lillian Jayne (attended Horace Mann School, New York City), daughter of William and Edith (Heim) Jayne, of New York City.

Recently made Officier d'Académie ( Les Palmes Académiques ) by the French Government. Republican. Interested in welfare organizations which care for crippled, sick, and orphaned children. Member: American Association of University Professors; Philological Association of the Pacific Coast; Modern Language Association of America, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association of Southern California; Hollywood Lodge, No. 355, A.F. and A.M.; Hollywood Chapter, No. 120, Royal Arch Masons; Hollywood Post, No. 43, American Legion (charter member). Clubs: University (Los Angeles); Sierra (California); Swiss Alpine, Yale (Los Angeles).

(Taken from the History of the Class of 1907, Yale College, Twenty-five year record .)

From the guide to the Kenneth McLeod Bissell papers, 1903-1968, (Manuscripts and Archives)