John H. "Jack" Sullivan, 1922-2011, was a professor first at Washington State College where he taught Spanish and German for five years. Sullivan then went on to teach at The College of Idaho for four years starting in 1962, and lastly joined the University of Idaho until he retired in 1986. Sullivan was born on 3 December 1922 in Eugene, Oregon. He graduated from Concordia High School in Portland, Oregon and began his undergraduate studies at the University of Oregon before enlisting in the United States infantry in 1943. Sullivan served active duty in the South Pacific during World War II. Following his discharge, he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign languages from the University of Oregon. He earned a Master of Arts degree in German from John Hopkins University and a Ph.D. in German language and literature at the University of California-Berkeley. He married Elizabeth Miller in 1949 and they had three children. Sullivan died on 7 May 2011 in Moscow, Idaho.