Background
KBERHART, Richard was born on April 5, 1904 in Austin, Minnesota, United States. Son of the late Alpha Louisiana Rue Eberhart and Lena Lowenstein.
KBERHART, Richard was born on April 5, 1904 in Austin, Minnesota, United States. Son of the late Alpha Louisiana Rue Eberhart and Lena Lowenstein.
University of Minnesota, Dartmouth College, Saint John"s College, Cambridge, England and Harvard University.
Assistant Manager Butcher Polish Company 1946, now" Honorary Vice-President and Professor, of English and Poet in residence, University of Washington 1952-1953. Professor, of English, University of Connecticut 1953-1954.
Inaugural Visiting Professor, of English, Poet in residence, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts 1954-1955.
Resident Fellow in Creative Writing, Christian Gauss Lecturer, Princeton 1955-1956. Professor, of English, Poet in residence, Dartmouth since 1956, Class of 1925 Professor 1968-1970, Emeritus since 1970.
Distinguished Visting Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville 1974, Visiting Professor 1975-1986. Adjunct Professor, Colombia University 1975.
Regents’ Professor, University of California, Davis 1975.
Honorary Fellow, Saint John"s College Cambridge 1986. Founder and President Poets’ Theatre Incorporated., Cambridge, Massachusetts 1951. Fellow of Academy, of American Poets 1969.
Consultant in American Letters 1963-1966.
Honorary President.
Of Board of directors. Advisory Committee on Arts for National Cultural Center, Washington (now John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts) 1959. National Institute Arts and Letters (nowr American Academy, and Institute of Arts and Letters) 1960 (member American Academy 1982), Peace Corps Mission to Kenya August 1966, American Academy Arts and Sciences 1967.
Married Helen Elizabeth Butcher in 1941.