Schmid, Walter Thomas

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SCHMID, Walter Thomas

SCHMID, Walter Thomas. American, b. 1946. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Philosophy. Career: Yale University, New Haven, CT, instructor, 1976-77; University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, instructor, 1977-78; Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, lecturer, 1978; Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, assistant professor, 1979; University of North Carolina at Wilmington, faculty member, 1979-91, professor, 1991-. Publications: On Manly Courage: A Study of Plato's "Laches," 1992; Plato's "Charmides" and the Socratic Ideal of Rationality, 1998. Address: Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, U.S.A.