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Joseph E. A. Alexis

Joseph Alexis, one of Nebraska’s leading educators, was born near York,
Nebraska, July 22, 1885. John Nelson Alexis, his father, was born at Slattakra,
Hallands Lan, Sweden, April 4, 1852, and with his parents came to America in
1868, settling at Mediapolis, Iowa. He was a clergyman.

Professor Alexis attended the public schools at Du Bois and Hastings,
Pennsylvania; was a student at the Academy of John B. Stetson University,
1898-1900, and was graduated from Whitehall High School at Dover, New Jersey,
1898. He holds the following degrees: A. B. Augustana College, Rock Island,
Illinois, 1905; A. M. University of Michigan, 1906; Ph. D., University of
Chicago, 1918; Docteur d’universite, University of Paris, 1930. He was a student
at the University of Lund, 1911; University of Dijon, 1921; and University of
Madrid, 1921. He was a member of the debating team, and was president of his
senior class at Augustana College.

From 1907 to 1908, he taught at Coeur d’Alene College in Idaho. Since 1910 he
has taught at the University of Nebraska, where he is now professor of romance
languages. He is the author of: German Relatives in 18th Century Prose (with A.
D. Schrag 1919); First Course in German, (1919) First Course in Spanish, (1925);
In Deutschland, (with W. K. Pfeiler, 1930) ; La Litterature suedoise d'
Amerique, (1930) ; Geijerstam's Mina pojkar, (1911); Strindberg's Pask;
Strindberg's Master Olof (1921); Strindberg's Stories and Poems (1924);
Lazarillo de Tormes (1927); Valdes' Riverita (1928); and En Espana (1932). He is
a contributor of Encyclopedia Americana.

On August 28, 1917, Professor Alexis was united in marriage with Marjorie Edith
Odman, at Valparaiso, Saunders County, Nebraska. Mrs. Alexis, who was born at
Mead, Nebraska, May 7, 1894, is the daughter of Swedish parents who came to this
country in the 1880’s. Their children are: Carl, born August 8, 1918; Josephine,
born January 1, 1921; and Marjorie, born July 24, 1927.

He is a member of the Modern Language Association of America; the Linguistic
Society of America; and the Swedish Historical Society; he is
secretary-treasurer of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study:
and is a member of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club. He is a
member of the Grace Lutheran Church of Lincoln, a Republican, and holds
membership in the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Lincoln.



Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932

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