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LaFLEUR, Richard A.

  • LaFleur, Richard A.
  • Date of Birth: September 22, 1945
  • Born City: Newburyport
  • Born State/Country: MA
  • Parents: Richard Clifford, USN, & Maggie Mae LaF.
  • Education:

    B.A., U. of Virginia, 1968; M.A., 1970; Ph.D., Duke, 1973.
  • Dissertation:

    “A Prosopographical Commentary on Juvenal, Book One” (Duke, 1973).
  • Professional Experience:

    Asst. prof., U. of Georgia, 1972-7; assoc. prof. 1977-83; prof., 1983-98; Franklin Professor of Classics, 1998-2011; acting dept. head, summers, 1973-79; full-time acting dept. head, 1980-3; dept. head, 1983-2001; coordinator of Elementary Latin Program and Latin TA supervisor, 2001-11; Associate Dept. Head and Director of Summer School, 2007-9.vis. prof., U. of Colorado, summers, 1983, 1989; ed., CO, 1979-2003; founder & ed. The Georgia Classicist, 1975-79; contrib. ed., Foreign Language Association of Georgia Beacon, 1981-90; advisory bd., Archaeological News, 1990-9; advisory bd., Scholia, 2000-5; ed. bd., CPLOnline, 2004-07; ed. bd., Vergilius, 2010-.   ; CAMWS Service Award, 1981; APA Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics, 1984; CAMWS Ovatio, 1985; Honorary ACL President for Life, 1987; U. of Georgia Bronze Medallion for Distinguished Public Service, 1988; Georgia Governor’s Award in the Humanities, 1989; Honorary Editor for Life, CO, 2004; Foreign Language Association of Georgia Profesor of the Year, 2006; ACL Meritus Award, 2007; SCOLT Post-Secondary Teacher of Excellence, 2007; Richard A. LaFleur Georgia Junior Classical League Teacher Development Scholarship established by the GJCL, 2007; ACTFL Anthony J. Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Training, 2013.
  • Publications:

    Books: 

    Latin Poetry for the Beginning Student, with Teacher’s Edition (White Plains, NY: Longman, 1987), REVS.:  CO 65 (1988) 138; ACTFL Selected Listing of Instructional Materials: Latin (1989) 377; The Teaching of Latin in American Schools: A Profession in Crisis (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1987) REVS: JACT Bulletin (England) 75 (1987) 3; CO 65 (1987-88) 70; CB 63 (1987) 28-9; UVa Alumni News 76, iii (1988) 55- 6; CANE Newsletter (Spring 1988) 41-4; CAV Newsletter (Spring 1988) 4; SCC Newsletter (Spring 1988) 2-3; CAES Newsletter 23, iii (Fall 1987); Journal of Evangelical Theology 31 (1988) 246-47; Classicum (Australia) 14.2 (1988) 44-45; MLJ (Autumn 1988) 345-46; LEC 33.1 (1989) 72-5; CW 82 (1989) 313-14; CJ 85 (1990) 364-9; Love and Transformation: An Ovid Reader (White Plains NY, Addison-Wesley/Longman, 1994; 2nd ed., Glenview IL: Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley, 1998) REVS: Classical Association of the Empire State Newsletter 30, 1 (Winter 1995) 6ff; Texas Classics in Action (Summer 1995) 29-30; CO 73 (1995) 37-9; CJ 90 (1995) 263-4; LEC n.s. 15 (1996) 351-3; CW 91 (1998) 427-8; Latin for the 21st Century: From Concept to Classroom(Glenview IL: Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley, 1997) REVS: Pennsylvania Classical Association Newsletter (Winter 1997-98) 6; Louisiana Classicist 17, 2 (Apr. 1998) 2; North American Cambridge Classics Project Newsletter 18 (Autumn 1998) 5; CAAS Newsletter 33.1 (Fall 1998) 13-14; CO 77 (1999) 39; Minervan Meanderings/Newsletter of the Ontario Classical Association 6.2 (Spring/Summer 1999); BMCR (Aug. 3, 1999) online; CJ 95 (2000) 259-63; JACT Review (Summer 2000) 32-3; Classicum 27.1 (Apr. 2000) 24-7; Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Review 49 (Fall 2001) 77; Paul Comeau, Workbook for Wheelock's Latin, 3rd ed., rev. by R. LaFleur (New York NY: HarperCollins, 1997, 2000); Frederic M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin Reader, 2nd ed., rev. by R. LaFleur (New York NY: HarperCollins, 2001); Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes (New York NY: HarperCollins, 2010) REVS: CO 87 (2010)114; JACT Review 27 (Fall 2012); Frederic M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin. 7th ed., rev. by R. LaFleur (New York NY: HarperCollins, 2011) REVS: JACT Review 27 (Fall 2012). Also 6th ed. Rev., 2005. 6th ed., 2000: rvw. Bryn Mawr Classical Review online (Oct. 2000), Northeast Conference Review 50 (Spring 2002) 72. 5th ed., 1995: rvw. Classical Journal 91 (1996) 185-91; Greek translation, forthcoming; Chinese translation, 2010; Korean translation, 2005. www.wheelockslatin.com; A Song of War: Readings from Vergil's Aeneid, plus Teacher’s Guide, with Alexander G. McKay plus Teacher’s Guide (Glenview IL: Prentice Hall, 2003; rev. ed. Boston, MA: Pearson, 2012); Teacher’s and Student’s Companion websites; published as an online REALIZE course, 2019; REVS: Vergilius 58 (2012) 144-7;  Ubi Fera Sunt (Latin translation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are) (Mundelein, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci, in cooperation with HarperCollins, 2015); The Secret Lives of Words: From Rome to Apalachicola (Arnoldsville GA: Lake Oglethorpe Press (AMAZON/KINDLE), 2020).

    Articles

    “A Note on Juvenal, 10.201f,” AJP 93 (1972) 598-600; “Artorius and Catulus in Juvenal 3,” RivStCl 22 (1974) 3-7; “Catullus and Catulla in Juvenal,” RPh 48 (1974) 71-4; “Amicus and Amicitia in Juvenal,” CB 51 (1975) 54-8; “Juvenal's `Friendly Fingernails',” WS 88 (1975) 230-35; “A Footnote to `New Light on the Early Life of Juvenal',” WS 88 (1975) 236; “Vanni Fucci and Laocoon: Servius as Possible Intermediary between Vergil and Dante,” Traditio 32 (1976) 386-97; “Umbricius and Juvenal Three,” with J. Gibaldi, ZAnt 26 (1976) 383-431; “Juvenal 1.80: Cluvianus?,” RPh 50 (1976) 79-84; “Amicitia and the Unity of Juvenal's First Book,” ICS 4 (1979) 158-77; “A Re-examination of the Mallia Insect Pendant,” with R. Matthews (entomology) and D. McCorkle (zoology), AJA 83 (1979) 208-12; “Promoting Classics in the Middle West and South: A Preliminary Report,” CJ 75 (1980) 324-9 & Prospects 1 (1979) 3-4; “The CAMWS Comm. for the Promotion of Latin: The First Year and the Future,” with R. Den Adel, et al. CJ 76 (1980) 48-69; “Horace and Onomasti Komodein: The Law of Satire,” ANRW 32.2 (Berlin: 1981) 1790-1826; “Latin Students Score High on SAT and Achievement Tests,” CJ 76 (1981) 254; CO 58 (1980) 64; reprinted in Missouri Classical Association Newsletter (fall, 1981), Arkansas Classical Newsletter (May, 1981), Pennsylvania Classical Association Bulletin (May, 1981), Prospects (winter, 1981), University of Florida Classics Department Newsletter (spring, 1981), North Carolina Classics Newsletter (Apr. 1981), New York Classical Newsletter (spring, 1981), LEC (Oct. 1981), ACL Public Relations Packet (1981-); “Classics in the Middle West and South: An Update,” with R. Den Adel, et al., CJ 77 (1981) 49-64; “Juvenal's Third Satire: On the City of Rome,” introd. and trans., in The Ancient City: Its Concept and Expression, ed. K. Hartigan (Lexington, MA: Ginn, 1981; 2nd ed., 1983) 70-85; “Virile Virro: A Name from Juvenal's Satires,” Names 29 (1981) 258-61; “1981 SAT and Latin Achievement Test Results and Enrollment Data,” CJ 77 (1982) 343; “Lingua Latina Nostra: Heri, Hodie, Cras,” Torch U.S. (Oct. 1984) 3-5, and CO 62 (1984) 38-9; “Seven Editors Comment on Scholarly Publishing Today,” with J. Clack et al., CML 5 (1984) 39-46 rpt. in “Editors' Notes,” CELJ Bulletin 4, No. 1 (1985) 24-9; “Latin Poetry for the Beginning Student,” CJ 80 (1985) 151-6;“1984: Latin in the United States Twenty Years after the Fall,” Foreign Language Annals 18 (1985) 341-7; “The Study of Latin in American Schools: Success and Crisis,” in Perspectives on Proficiency: Curriculum and Instruction, ed.  T. B. Fryer and F. W. Medley (Southern Conference on Language Teaching, 1986) 73-82; “Meeting the Need for Latin Teachers: The American Classical League/Univ. of Ga. NEH Latin Institute,” with J. Anderson, CO64 (1986-7) 42-5; “Perpetuating the Renaissance: A Challenge for Latin in the Coming Decade,” Helios 14 (1987) 141-46; rvw. CO 66 (1988-9) 68; “The ACL/UGA/NEH National Latin Institute: Retrospect and Prospect,” with J. Anderson, CO 65 (1988) 109-16; “Empowering the Teacher of Latin: Rockefeller Fellowships and the Classical Languages,” CO 67 (1990) 116-19; “Latin Transatlantic,” Classics Book News 7 (Winter 1990) 1-2; “Classical Languages and College Admissions,” CO 68 (1991) 124-32; “Latin and Classics in the College Curriculum: Something New Under the Sun,” in Foreign Languages in College: Curriculum and Content, ed. Wilga Rivers (Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Co., 1991) 157-97; “Classical Language Enrollments in the Colleges and Schools,” CO 69 (1992) 120-1; “Foreign Language, the Classics, and College Admissions,” ADFL Bulletin 24, iii (1993) 29-35; “The Voice of the League: A History of The Classical Outlook,” with K. Gries in A History of the American Classical League, ed. E. Phinney (Oxford, OH: ACL, 1994) 235-48; “The ACL Presidency,” in A History of the American Classical League, ed. E. Phinney (Oxford OH: ACL, 1994) 214-22; “Latina Resurgens: Classical Language Enrollments in American Schools and Colleges.” CO 74 (1997) 125-30; “Latin and Greek in American Schools and Colleges: Enrollment Update,” CO 77 (2000) 101-3; “Latin and Greek Enrollments in American Schools and Colleges,” ADFL Bulletin 31, i (2000) 53-8; “How Foreign Language Teachers in Georgia evaluate Their Professional Preparation,” with T. Cooper (principal author), et al., Foreign Language Annals 37, no. 1 (2004) 37-48; “Ben Hur and Harry Potter, or . . . What it Means to be ‘Classically Prepared’,” Lyceum (Fall, 2016).