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Jacques A. Bailly (born 1966)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jacques Bailly 1966 - Public Background Checks )〕 won the 1980 Scripps National Spelling Bee and now serves as the official pronouncer of the Bee, a position he has held since 2003.〔James Maguire. ''(American Bee: the National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds )''. Rodale, 2006. 121-124.〕 Bailly grew up in the Denver, Colorado, area. He began participating in spelling bees in sixth grade, training with a nun at his Catholic school.〔 He reached the National Spelling Bee as an eighth grader and won with the word ''elucubrate''.〔"(Denver boy wins spelling bee )". ''The Ledger''. May 30, 1980. 5.〕 Bailly studied Ancient Greek and Latin, receiving his bachelor's degree from Brown University and his PhD from Cornell University.〔http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/documents/JacquesBaillyResume_Aug2010.pdf〕 He learned German in Switzerland with the help of a Fulbright scholarship.〔 In 1990, he wrote a letter to the National Spelling Bee organizers to offer his services and was hired as an associated pronouncer.〔M.J. Stephey. "(Q&A: Spelling Bee Pronouncer Jacques Bailly )". ''Time''. May 26, 2009. Retrieved on August 4, 2009.〕 Bailly became the Bee's chief pronouncer after the death of Alex Cameron in 2003.〔 Besides his duties with the spelling bee, Bailly works full-time as an associate professor of classics at the University of Vermont, specializing in Greek and Roman philosophy, particularly Plato.〔〔(Department of Classics ). University of Vermont. Retrieved on June 5, 2010.〕 Bailly plays himself in the 2006 film ''Akeelah and the Bee'', which tells the story of a girl who competes in the National Spelling Bee.〔 ==See also== *List of Scripps National Spelling Bee champions 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacques Bailly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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