Donald Elwin Stanford

Background

Stanford, Donald Elwin was born on February 7, 1913 in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ernest Elwood and Alice (Carroll) Stanford.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University, 1933; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1953; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1934.

Career

Instructor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1949-1950; assistant Professor of English, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1953-1954; associate professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1954-1962; professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1962-1979; Alumni Professor of English, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1979-1983; Alumni professor emeritus, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, since 1983; visiting professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1961-1962; visiting professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1984.

Achievements

• Donald Elwin Stanford has been listed as a noteworthy English educator, editor, poet, critic by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • In the Classic Mode the Achievement of Robert Bridges

Membership

Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Modern Language Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi Clubs: Athenaeum (London).

Connections

Married Edna Goodwin, July, 1937 (divorced 1946). 1 child, Don David; married Maryanna Peterson, August 14, 1953 (deceased March 1992).

Father:

Ernest Elwood Stanford

Mother:

Alice (Carroll) Stanford

Spouse:

Edna Goodwin

Spouse:

Maryanna Peterson

child:

Don David Stanford