Emily Stipes Watts

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Emily Stipes Watts
BornEmily Stipes
(1936-03-16)March 16, 1936
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellow (1973-1974
)
SpouseRobert Allan Watts
(30 August 1958)

Emily Stipes Watts (March 16, 1936 – March 12, 2018) was an American educator, writer, and literary historian.[1] In parallel with her academic career, she wrote Ernest Hemingway and the Arts (1971), The Poetry of American Women from 1632 to 1945 (1978) and The Businessman in American Literature (1982). A laureate of the Guggenheim Fellowship, she also served as chair of the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

Early life

Emily Stipes was born March 16, 1936, in

PhD for her thesis on Jonathan Edwards and the Cambridge Platonists (1963).[3][4] She married Robert Allan Watts on August 31, 1958.[5]

Career

Stipes Watts was appointed instructor in the English language department at the University of Illinois at Urbana (1963-1967), and then assistant professor (1967-1973).[citation needed] In 1971, she published Ernest Hemingway and the Arts.[6]

She was granted a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship in 1973-1974[7] and appointed associate professor (1973-1977), professor and director of graduate studies at the English department (1977—2005),[8] and professor emerita since 2005. In 1978, she published The Poetry of American Women from 1632 to 1945.[9]

Stipes Watts was appointed chairman of the Board of directors of the University of Illinois Athletic Association (1981-1983).[2] In 1982, she published The Businessman in American Literature.[10][11][12]

She was a member of the faculty advisory committee of the Illinois Board of Higher Education since 1984, and became its vice chairman (1986-1987), then chairman (1987-1988). Stipes Watts was also a member of the

The Philadelphia Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi.[citation needed
]

Works

References

  1. ^ Wagner-Martin 2013, p. 78.
  2. ^ a b "Emily Watts obituary". news-gazette.com. The News-Gazette. March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  3. ^ "CUSF Celebrates 5 of Our Public High School Alumni at 2011 Gala". cuschoolsfoundation.org. CU Schools Foundation. April 22, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  4. OCLC 19565369
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  5. ^ "Robert Watts obituary". news-gazette.com. The News-Gazette. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
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  7. ^ "Emily Stipes Watts". gf.org. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  8. ^ Crane, Tracy (March 16, 2018). "A Life Remembered. UI English professor, author recalled for brilliance". news-gazette.com. The News-Gazette. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
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  12. . Retrieved June 16, 2016.

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