Background
Towner, Lawrence William was born on September 10, 1921 in St. Paul. Son of Earl Chadwick and Cornelia Josephine (Mallum) Towner.
Towner, Lawrence William was born on September 10, 1921 in St. Paul. Son of Earl Chadwick and Cornelia Josephine (Mallum) Towner.
Bachelor, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1942. Doctor of Humane Letters, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1965. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1950.
Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1955. Doctor of Letters, Lake Forest College, 1965. Doctor of Humane Letters, University Illinois, Chicago, 1986.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Loyola University, Chicago, 1989.
History master, Chicago Latin School, 1946-1947; instructor, then assistant professor of history, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1950-1955; associate professor of history, College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1955-1962; editor, William and Mary Quarterly, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1956-1962; member board editors, William and Mary Quarterly, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1970-1971; fellow, Center Study History of Liberty, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961-1962; librarian, Newberry Library, Chicago, 1962-1986; president, Newberry Library, Chicago, 1975-1986; president emeritus, Newberry Library, Chicago, 1986-1992. Visiting Professor of English, Northwestern University, 1968-1970, life trustee Newberry Library., 1989. Professorial lecturer University of Chicago, 1968.
Member advisory county Eleutherian Mills, Hagley Foundation, 1965-1971, 77-79. Trustee Grinnell (Iowa) College, 1966-1973, Latin School Chicago, 1971-1973. Trustee Museum Contemporary Art, 1970-1975, chairman, 1976-1978.
Board directors Illinois Humanities Council, 1973-1979, chairman, 1976-1979. Member Executive Committee Federation Public Programs in the Humanities, 1977-1978. Board of Governors Henrotin Hospital, 1977-1985;member White House Library.
Company, 1963-1965; board directors Native American Ednl. Superior vena cava syndrome, 1978-1984. Served to First lieutenant pilot United States Army Air Corps, World World War World War II.
Member American History Association (member county 1973-1975), Organisation American Historians, Bibliographical Society American, Indiana Research Libraries Association (chairman 1975-1977), Colonial Society.Mass., Virginia History Society, Massachusetts History Society, Modern Poetry Association (president 1967-1969, trustee 1963-1969), American Antiquarian Society, Cosmos Club (Washington), Harvard Club (New York City), Caxton Club, Wayfarers Club (president 1983-1984), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Rachel E. Bauman, November 28, 1943. Children: Wendy Kay Towner Yanikoski, Kristin Anne Towner Moses, Lawrence Baumann (deceased), Elizabeth Gail Towner Jackson, Peter Mallum, Michael Chadwick.