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Walker, Philip Doolittle was born in 1924 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States.
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Philip Doolittle Walker
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Philip Doolittle Walker, American literature and language professor, composer. Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1967-1968, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England, 1986; grantee, Fulbright Foundation, 1951-1952. Board member Yale Literature Magazine, New Haven, 1944—1945; Member of Military Order Two World Wars, Yale Club Santa Barbara, Elizabethan Club Yale University.
Education
Bachelor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1947. Master of Arts, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1956.
Career
Instructor Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1954—1957, University California, Santa Barbara, 1957—1960, assistant professor, 1960—1964, associate professor, 1964—1970, professor, 1970—1990, professor emeritus French literature, since 1990. Chair department French and Italian University California, 1971—1975. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946.
Achievements
Membership
Board member Yale Literature Magazine, New Haven, 1944—1945. Member of Military Order Two World Wars, Yale Club Santa Barbara, Elizabethan Club Yale University.
Interests
Connections
Married Corlette Rossiter, March 23, 1952. Children: Melissa Sokol, Laura Ragan, Barbara McMillan.
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Religion
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Political Party
Democrat
Awards
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Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1967-1968, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England, 1986. Grantee, Fulbright Foundation, 1951-1952.Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1967-1968, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England, 1986. Grantee, Fulbright Foundation, 1951-1952.