Background
Folsom, Lowell Edwin was born on September 30, 1947 in Pittsburgh. Son of Lowell Edwin and Helen Magdalene (Roeper) Folsom.
Folsom, Lowell Edwin was born on September 30, 1947 in Pittsburgh. Son of Lowell Edwin and Helen Magdalene (Roeper) Folsom.
Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1969; Master of Arts, U. Rochester, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Rochester, 1976.
Chairman English department, Lancaster (Ohio) H.S., 1969-1970, 71-72;
instructor, Eastman School Music, Rochester, New York, 1974-1975;
visiting assistant professor, State University of New York, Geneseo, New York, 1975-1976;
assistant professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1976-1982;
associate professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1982-1987;
professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, since 1987;
chair English Department, University Iowa, Iowa City, 1991-1995;
F. Wendell Miller distinguished professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, since 1997. Consultant American College Testing Company, Iowa City, since 1980, National Assessement of Ednl. Progress, Denver, 1980-1984.
Director Walt Whitman Centennial Conference, Iowa City, 1992. Fulbright senior professor of University Dortmund, Germany, 1996.
Member Modern Language Association, American Literature Association, American Studies Association, Whitman Scholars Association (director) since 1992).
Married Patricia Ann Jackson, August 30, 1969. 1 child, Benjamin Bradford.