";Z' ;;: , I.Jc il;€ ~ Form 44'59 (/) THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ,.. tr:l '· H BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS s : t1 N arne. ... ·-S~-·-········iJ·····-··············J..iN*······· ··············-·······-···································································Os~¥········-············· ··················································································- ········· .......................~.. ...~ (Please print your name in full) Laot Name 1st Name 2nd Name U married woman give a lso - (/)0 Maiden name in full .............................- ........................................................................... _........ ..................................................... _... ....................................................................... ~ ~~g~ ;:ool ~r Preparatory School Where Y;~epar~for College ?-: ·~i~..,~,·~ ~~¥ 7~~ List degrees in course, and honorary degrees, from Ohio State or other Colleges or Universities. Please specify, stating instit utions and dates: College or University Degree Date Present Position or Rank Department If JtJ- ---------· Date of Birt~ ~ ~-=7J,_J_7-+I-_/"~ '-' a1" • l .. v Place of Birth 1\. 4"'1rt f ~ ""'- n-c, I City County r Scholarships or Fellowships Held, with dates--------- Father's Name in Full - Mother's Maiden Name, in Full¥ 4_ ~ ..._4. Religious Affiliations Are You Married--~--; Date_____ _ ·-----·------- or Husband's Name in Full---- ·-- Membership in Social F raternity or Sorority Children (please name) Give Dates of Birth _ _ _ --···- ·--- - - ---·-------------------·-- Pc~itions and ranks at Ohio State University, with dates MiHta,y Sorvioo, with dote. ~ {'JifZ. (Jt<E-e.~J .11-HJ' '"1-U?I'Y 1 ;u...., 4.. I ·---- /'fif;p- (_/Ju"'- 1-uJ Branch of Servic J ~"-"""'.,;~'{...::.~~'-~&4,.,:_ _________ ; , Rani< P- ft.J ~ 4 1-.J Whm Did You Sorvo~2t~!':J:_,/'-_::£::_"-~,_J(L.f:..4u:=,_:)~-l/~-i/'-k.-__::_::::,:"-=:::Lt_ /i.t:r' .. ... t-·-...:.9.-=.~=~"c..::..;;.):____ ____ Honors and Citations h g & /4, A£Jd ------· .. Hobbiea - ~~ V _____.. Business or professional experience, other' tlum nt colleges, with dates ____ ~ -··----~ Favorite recreation or sporL . / '/ Officer, Director, or Trustee of following business or professional institutions (give title and city) -------- / __ _, u,_) % .. ,.,.,u -1 -~~I i~A4'HJ ""' Member Following Orgnnizations: OfficfE"e!J Daten Inventions -----7- Service clubs ---- Civic Fraternal ------- Church ------- Charitable Other information (include honors received in nrt, literature, music, sport, and Social ------- miscellaneous information) Local Trade Assn. ___ ~""' f1,u _lj_ ~ /~- ~·; lj ~u 4. National Trade Assn. -- (~/~_~{);V)T vn· ;q6'L £-,. CLOJiJI:.oo o .a1uc~c/ 1(; w Cfl hD ~c:i­ h~-~@Yld(fl:!f-/:!._•--- Principal public·t,tions this year: ' ' ,, (t.r.4..K,) A t1.1t,'t..,. J,'.!~~ 1j 9a-~ fk~ I (J4A...r~;~ II 4-""', I dtt..J .fn4i) ( fl, Jt<l A"d Ifill' 1 ' 1id,.,.4, ~ rll<., Jt1 ~tr, J"" ?~ ~~ "' '1-t.~~n..-, 1 ~ M~ ,, · [4.'-<J'-'1' A4, cnrLttJ I ku t'f 1 ; . , .. ! ~ h~~.~ .r~ .. , ;~J ~~ A~. .... ~I·. M4w tL.r-~~ tl~~ I k..L I ?'f l · (£t:~· l~· f·9uLt. · ~rt...:.'--"- ~ hg_ ( ~ . .,flft44.£c_. ·'~·~;: ... f..£,--:lff 1 . .·:. I ' . ' •. ' ~ . ~ . ' . Oskar Seidlin (Con•t.) Service at other colleges~ U. of Washington, Winter, 1949 German Summer School, Middlebury Col., 1948, 1951, 1952 Public offices, etc: Chairman, Section V(German) of Madern Lang. Assn., 1949 Chairman, Nominating Committee AATG, 1954 Received 4-17-59 Services at other Colleges-German Summer School of ~liddlebury Collage, Vdddlebury, Vt. Summer of 1957. New Public offices, business or professional connections: Secretary(57) and Chairman(58) of the Germanic Section of the ~bdern Language ~ .Ills soc. of American. · · · · New Honors or awards: Phi Betfo Kappa(hon. )•56; Guest of the Federal Republic of Germany June/July "56; Eichendorff Medal 1956; Ford Research Professor in Residence, Free University,of Berlin, Summer semester 1959. Principal Publications: At least 25 new items which I cannot enumerate all over, list being deposited yearly with the Arts & Sciences College and to be obtained there. Form No. 4735 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EVALUATION PROGRAM FACULTY MEMBER'S ANNUAL REPORT (Copies to Department Chairman, Dean, and President) N ame.......................................................................................................................... Seidlin, Oskar --- Dept........................................... German Period. .................... 46 .to ......................Spring .. 47 Last, Firnt, Middle This report is intended to provide an opportunity to the Faculty member to suggest changes in his work and relationships that seem to him desirable and to record, for the period covered, his professional activities that seem to him most significant. It will be preserved as a part of his permanent personnel record in the University and will be used as one of the bases for the annual evaluation of faculty members required of Chairmen of Departments. I. What do you regard as the greatest handicaps or obstacles to your effectiveness and service during the period covered by this report? Initial dif:ficultiestp. procure textbooks II. What new 9r changed opportunities for service or development do you desire the University to : provide for you in the immediate future? · Faster service in the !Jrocu:;;~ent of books by the ~ibrary. III. Activities for ·the period~-' .. F.:!.':~.f.- ..:4:.§,., ........;.: ............ :.• ............ t<L .......... §.l?..l.:.~f.l.!L ..4.T ................................. Please arrange your report under such of the foil owing headings as. are applicable to your activities. Omit items that are not applicable. Number those used to correspond to the num­ bering in the list: 1. Teaching. (Do not list courses taught. Rather, report any experiments or noteworthy re­ sults in your teaching.) 2. Relationships to students and student activities. (Over) ., .; 3. Research Projects undertaken, underway, completed. 4. Productive and Creative Activities (other than those covered by Nos. 1 to 3 and not includ­ ing publications). 5. Administrative and Committee Assignments and activities (Departmental, College, and University, but not extra-University services). 6. Professional activities and responsibilities outside the University. 7. Community and Public Relations (not included under No. 6). 8. Publications not elsewhere listed by this report. 9. Honors and distinctions ~·eceived during the period, not covered by other sections of this report. · · ·· · · · · 10. Other activities or accomplishments not covered by headings provided: .......... ······· ... ············ ................................................................ ······· ···························································································· ·················-························································ ································································································································································· .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ················································································ ··················································································································•·························· 2. Participation in activities· o:f the "German Club1' and "German Table" 3. (partly completed) Contributions on German literafture and men o:f letters :for the :forthcoming Collier's Encyclopedia (underway) An essay on Hermann Hesse 5. Departfmental reporter :for the "Faculty Review" 8,"Gerhart Hauptmann zum Gedachtnis", Monatshe:fte, Oktober 46 "Begegnung mit Ernst Wiechert", German Quarterly, November 46 "Goethe -tiber Goethe au:f :franzosisch, ·Germanic Review, December 46 "Helena: Vom Mythos zurPerson", 'Publications of the. Modem Language Association, ~. March 47 "Laurence Sterne's 'Tristram Shandy' and Thomas Mann's 'Joseph . the Provider' ",.Modem. Language gu~:&rly, March 47 6 book reviews in Mo:r{~tsh~fte ,d Williruri & Mary Ql.l~terly, Books Abroad, Tomorrow, German Quarterly, Germanic Review 10. Lectures: "Press and publications in Germany today", before the Ohio Modern Language Group, Baldwin-Wallace College, November 7,46 "Goethe -tiber Goethe au:f :franzosisch", before the Goethe-section o:f the Modern Language Assn., Washington, December 27, 46 "The Attitude of Irony in Laurence Sterne and Thomas Mann", before the Prose Fiction-section of the Modern Language Assn, December 28, 46 (Over) ::; ' Form No. 4734. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EVALUATION PROGRAM BASIC WHO'S WHO (Copies to Department Cha-irman, Dean and President) Seidlin Oskar --- German March 10,47 N ame. ............................................................................................................. _.......... Department................................................... Date........................... Last, First. Middle ,,, 1. Date of birth : Feb:ruary'l7, 1911 2. Degrees and the institutions from which received with dates: Ph.D. (summa cum laude), University of Basel, Switzerland, ····-·····························-·······-···-·····-··-·············--················-·······················-····-··········· .. -· .. ······--··············-···········-··<July 19 3 5 3. Academic Experience--Positions held