Background
House, Kay Seymour was born on May 18, 1924 in Payson, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Emil Aaron and Mary Gaskin (Seymour) House.
House, Kay Seymour was born on May 18, 1924 in Payson, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Emil Aaron and Mary Gaskin (Seymour) House.
Bachelor, University of Illinois, 1945; Master of Arts, Washington University, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1963.
Acting instructor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1946-1947; instructor, Stanford (California) U., 1961-1963; professor, San Francisco State University, 1963-1988; chair English department, San Francisco State University, 1987-1988; senior lecturer, Fulbright Program, Italy, 1968-1969; resident director program in Italy, California U., Florence, 1972-1974; editor-in-chief, Works of J.F. Cooper, Worcester, Massachusetts, since 1990. Consultant university presses, California, Massachusetts, Missouri, since 1965. Chair screening commn.Fulbright Hays Scholars, Washington, 1974-1977.
Vice president History Society Adams County, Quincy, Illinois, 1989-1996. Member Modern Language Association, Association Italiana di Studi Americani, Toscani International del Mondo, American Antiquarian Society (fellowship 1978), Association Literature Scholars and Critics, National Association Scholars, National Alumni Forum. Board trustees, Quincy University, 2000-2006.
Married Ralph Barr McReynolds, September 22, 1945 (divorced June 1958). Children: Barr, Kirk.