Background
Zabel, Morton Dauwen was born on August 10, 1901 in Minnesota Lake, Minnesota, United States. Son of Herman Arthur and Barbara Adela (Dauwen) Zabel.
Zabel, Morton Dauwen was born on August 10, 1901 in Minnesota Lake, Minnesota, United States. Son of Herman Arthur and Barbara Adela (Dauwen) Zabel.
Bachelor of Arts, Saint Thomas Military College, 1921. Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1922. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1933.
Research work Harvard, 1929, 32, Columbia, 1926, 31, British Museum, London, 1924, 35, 51, 54, 59, Paris, 1924, 28. Associate professor Loyola University, Chicago, 1922-1929, professor, department chairman English, 1929-1946. Visiting Professor of English, Notre Dame University, 1930, U. Chicago, 1934, Northwestern, 1939, 46, University of California, 1942.
Lecturer University of Minnesota, 1946.
Frederick Ives Carpenter visiting professor U. Chicago, 1941, 47, Professor of English since 1947. Inaugural professor chair of North. A. literature (cultural mission for Department of State) National University of Brazil, 1944-1946, 2d mission to South. A., 1953, 3d mission, 1954.
Lecturer U. Säo Paulo (Brazil), Instituto Brasil-Estados Unidos (Rio and Säo Paulo), also in principal cities of Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, 1945-1946. Fellow Kenyon School of English and of School of Letters, U. Indiana, since 1947.
Guggenheim fellow, 1944.
Member of the board Corporation Yaddo (Trask Foundation for Creative Arts) since 1939. Member Modern Language Association, Modern Humanities Research Association, American Association University Professors, Blue Key, Delta Epsilon Sigma, Lambda Alpha Psi. Clubs: Arts, University (Chicago).