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Address:
Robert Whelan
Lecturer in English
5752 Neville Hall, Room 315
Orono, Maine 04469-5752
U.S.A.
Office Telephone: (207) 581-3819
E-mail: robert.whelan@umit.maine.edu
**Office Hours for Fall 2008: Thursday 10 - 11, and By Appointment.**
Introduction: 20 Year career in the U.S. Army Infantry, including tours of duty in Korea, Viet Nam (2 one-year tours), Germany. Moved to Maine upon retirement and began working at UMaine in the fall of 1983 where I held a variety of jobs, primarily as a teacher in the English Department. Married to Surah Toabe Whelan with three children ages 25-39, none of whom, thank God, live at home.
Education: AB, Bowdoin College, 1962; MA UMass, Amherst, 1971
Professional Experience:
1962-1982 U.S. Army Infantry Officer
1983-1985 Instructor in English, UMaine
1985-1987 Assistant to the President, UMaine
1987-1988, Director, Retention Program, UMaine
1988-1997, Executive Assistant to the VP for Academic Affairs and Executive Assistant to the President, UMaine
1997-Present, Lecturer in English, UMaine
Time at University of Maine: 24 years
Courses Taught:
ENG 101: College Composition
ENG 131: The Nature of Story
ENG 212: Persuasive and Analytical Writing
ENG 229: Topics in Literature -
Literature from the Vietnam War
ENG 317:
Business and Technical Writing
UST 300: Topics in University Studies
Current Activities: In the middle of a three-year partial-phased retirement
Interests: Fishing, Paddling, Biking, Camping, Bird Watching