Background
Fitts, Dudley was born on April 28, 1903 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Dudley Thomas and Edith Kimball (Eaton) Fitts.
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Fitts, Dudley was born on April 28, 1903 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Dudley Thomas and Edith Kimball (Eaton) Fitts.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard College, 1925. Doctor of Laws, Columbia, 1968.
Master in English, Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut, 1926-1941, organist and associate choirmaster, 1934-1941. Instructor English, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1941-1968. Member of advisory commission to department English, Princeton University, 1951-1958.
Phi Beta Kappa poet, Harvard, 1961.
Member of staff Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, 1961. Member poetry jury National Book Award, 1954, 60.
Appointed to Emilie Belden Cochran Foundation, 1948.
Member of advisory commission to department English, Princeton University, 1951-1958. Member of staff Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, 1961. Member poetry jury National Book Award, 1954, 60.
Member visiting board English department Harvard College, 1966-1968.
Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Member Academy of America Poets (chancellor since 1967), National Institute of Arts and Letters, Modern Language Association, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana (Ecuador), Associacio Protectora de L’Ensenyanca Valenciana (Valencia, Spain).
Clubs: Harvard (Boston).
Married Cornelia Butler Hewitt, September 2, 1939. Children: Daniel Hewitt, Deborah Whittier.