Background
Towers, Augustus Robert was born on January 21, 1923 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Augustus Robert Senior and Miriam (Reynolds) Towers.
Towers, Augustus Robert was born on January 21, 1923 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Augustus Robert Senior and Miriam (Reynolds) Towers.
AB summa cum laude, Princeton University, 1945; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1952.
English instructor, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1951-1954; English instructor, CUNY, Queens, 1954-1958; assistant professor, CUNY, Queens, 1958-1962; associate professor, CUNY, Queens, 1962-1968; professor, CUNY, Queens, 1968-1984; department chairman of English, CUNY, Queens, 1970-1973; associate dean faculty, arts division, CUNY, Queens, 1974-1975; professor writing, chairman writing division, Columbia University School Arts, New York City, 1984-1989. Board directors Corporation Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York, since 1981, vice chairman, since 1989. Judge Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association-Faulkner Fiction award, 1985, Irish Times-Aer Lingus International Fiction award, 1992.
Member P.E.N. American Center (board directors 1979-1983, 89-91), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Patricia Constance Locke, May 13, 1967. 1 child, Sarah Constance.