Background
Knoepfle, John was born in 1923 in Cincinnati, MIDWEST0.
Knoepfle, John was born in 1923 in Cincinnati, MIDWEST0.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Xavier University, 1947. Master of Arts, Xavier University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, St. Louis University, 1967.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Maryville University, 1996.
Producer, director, Station WCET-television, Cincinnati, 1953-1955; lecturer Fine Arts Division, College of Music, Cincinnati, 1954-1955; assistant instructor, Ohio State University, 1956-1957; instructor East St. Louis Residence Center, Southern Illinois U., 1957-1961; honors instructor, St. Louis (Missouri) H.S., 1961-1962; instructor, Mark Twain Summer Institute, Clayton, Missouri, 1962, 63, 64; assistant professor University College, Washington U., 1963-1966; assistant professor, Maryville College, St. Louis County, 1962-1966; assistant professor, St. Saint Louis University, 1966-1970; assistant professor modern literature, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1969; associate professor, St. Saint Louis University, 1970-1972; Professor of English, Sangamon State University, Springfield, 1972-1991; retired, Sangamon State University, Springfield, 1991. Consultant Ednl. Associations for Office of Economic Opportunity Project Upward Bound, 1966-1970.
(Seventeen poems about familiar and unfamiliar animals.)
(Book by Knoepfle, John)
With United States Navy, 1943-1946.
Married Margaret Sower, 1956. Children: John, Molly, David, Christopher, James (deceased).