Jerry L. Bidwell

By From JT Staff Reports

Jerry L. Bidwell died Thursday. Jan. 14, 2021 in his home near Shelby, Ohio of congestive heart failure.
Born May 16, 1935 in Union County, Professor Bidwell was educated at the Ohio State University, Columbus, and at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. He taught French on the OSU campus from 1959-60 and ...

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