John Friedlander

English

I moved to Memphis in 1971 to accept a position as an instructor at the University of Memphis. I taught for five years at the university, then for two years at Shelby State Community College here in the city. I have been teaching at Southwest Tennessee Community College (formerly as State Technical Institute at Memphis) since 1978.
I earned my master's degree in English at the University of Chicago in 1971, and my bachelor's degree in English at Santa Clara University, in Santa Clara, California, in 1969. I was lucky enough to spend my senior year of college in Austria, at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna. I've since lost most of the German I learned, but I still carry traces of too many Viennese pastries.
I am proud of my association with Southwest Tennessee Community College, and I'm grateful to teach here. I appreciate the college's commitment to preparing students well, and I admire the commitment and sacrifices so many of our students make to build their skills and advance their careers. I regularly pronounce the names of graduates at commencement, and I'm always proud of the people who cross the stage.
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