Curriculum Vitae
name: Alan Rietmann Knauth
born: New York City 1945
father: Senior Editor at Time-Life Books
Basic education:
1951: international community school in Berlin, Germany
1952: primary school in Sag Harbor, Long Island (N.Y., U.S.A.)
1953-1954: international community school in Paris, France
(British English instruction)
1955-1963: primary, secondary, and high school
(college preparatory program) in Westbrook, Connecticut (U.S.A.)
Special awards:
Secondary school
Athletic: school champion in 50 yard dash and standing long jump
Academic: winner of the Charles Palmer Davis National Scholastic Current Events Exam
High school
Athletic: Shoreline Track & Field Meet (five schools): gold medal in high jump,
silver medals in 100 and 220 yard dashes
Academic: Lieutenant Governor (leader of the senate) in the Hi-Y YMCA Students in Government Program
Bronze medal (third in the state of Connecticut) V.F.W. (Veterans of Foreign Wars)
Speech Contest: What Freedom Means to Me
College/university studies:
1963-1965: Southern Connecticut State College (New Haven)
(formerly New Haven State Teachers‘ College)
Major study focus in English
Composition, Drama, Free Writing, English Literature, Major British Authors, Shakespeare 1 & 2
Additional studies
Humanities:
French, Spanish, Oriental Philosophy (India), Art History, Music History
Social Sciences:
Introduction to General Psychology
History:
Western Civilization, United States History
Natural Sciences:
General Zoology, Earth Science
Applied Sciences:
General Health
1965: University of the Sorbonne (Paris, France)
Intensive course in French lanuage and culture
1972: University of Kentucky (Lexington)
School of Art studies in Ceramics
1994: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
English Department Seminars:
- Fachdidaktischer Grundkurs
- Non-Traditional Learning/Teaching Methods
- Errors in Language Learning
(Teaching English as a Second Language)
Special awards:
1965: College champion and record holder in 880 yard run (1’59.5“ on a cinder track)
1965: College champion in High Jump (5‘9“ = 172 cm)
1965: 1000 yard run champion: Queens College Invitational Indoor Track Meet
1965: 880 yard run champion: University of Connecticut Invitational Indoor Track Meet
1992: Charter Oak State College (Farmington, Connecticut)
Associate in Arts degree
for accumulated lifetime college studies
