Background
Nims, John Frederick was born on November 20, 1913 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. Son of Frank McReynolds and Anne (McDonald) Nims.
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Nims, John Frederick was born on November 20, 1913 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. Son of Frank McReynolds and Anne (McDonald) Nims.
He graduated from DePaul University, University of Notre Dame with an Master of Arts, and from the University of Chicago with a Doctor of Philosophy in 1945.
Member faculty, U. Notre Dame, 1939-1945, 46-52, 54-58;
Member faculty, U. Toronto, 1945-1946;
Member faculty, Bocconi U., Milan, Italy, 1952-1953;
Member faculty, U. Florence, Italy, 1953-1954;
Member faculty, U. Madrid, 1958-1960;
Member faculty, Harvard University, 1964, 68-69, summer 1974;
Member faculty, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1961-1965;
Member faculty, University of Illinois, at Chicago, 1965-1985;
Member faculty, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, 1958-1971;
Member faculty, Bread Loaf School English, 1965-1969;
Member faculty, U. Florida, fall 1972, 73-77. Margaret Scott Bundy professor literature Williams College, fall 1975. Professor lit.Coll. of Charleston, spring 1981.
Member editorial board Poetry magazine, 1945-1948, visiting editor, 1960-1961, editor, 1978-1984. Phi Beta Kappa poet Harvard University, 1978. Cockefair chair U. Missouri, Kansas City, spring 1986.
Kilby consultant in poetry Wheaton (Illinois) College, fall 1988. Editorial advisor Princeton University Press, 1975-1982.
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Married Bonnie Larkin, September 11, 1947. Children— John (deceased), Frank, George (deceased), Sarah Hoyt, Emily Anne.