Background
Eckley, Grace Ester was born on November 30, 1932 in Alliance, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Clyde L. and Wilma Agnes (Hahn) Williamson.
Eckley, Grace Ester was born on November 30, 1932 in Alliance, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Clyde L. and Wilma Agnes (Hahn) Williamson.
Bachelor of Arts, Mount Union College, 1955;Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Kent State University, 1970.
Instructor English, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, 1965-1968. Professor department English, Drake University, Des Moines, 1968-1990, professor emeritus, 1990. Adjunct Professor Red Rocks Community College National Endowment for Humanities fellow, 1984-1985.
Author: Benedict Kiely, 1972;Edna O"Brien, 1974.
(with Michael Begnal) Narrator and Character in Finnegans Wake, 1974. Finley Peter Dunne, 1981.
Children"s Lore in Finnegans Wake, 1985. Contributor articles to professional journals.
(Book by Begnal, Michael H., Eckley, Grace)
Member of Titanic History Society.
Married Wilton Eckley Eckley, September 12, 1954. Children: Douglas, Stephen, Timothy.