Background
Kain, Richard Morgan was born on December 19, 1908 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Hay and Cara (Watt) Kain.
Kain, Richard Morgan was born on December 19, 1908 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Hay and Cara (Watt) Kain.
AB with highest honors, Swarthmore College, 1930; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1931; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1934; postgraduate, Harvard University, 1931-1932.
Associate Professor of English,, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1933-1934;
assistant professor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1934-1940;
member of faculty, U. Louisville, 1940-1975;
professor, U. Louisville, 1947-1975;
professor emeritus, U. Louisville, 1975-1990;
distinguished faculty lecturer, U. Louisville, 1975;
acting department chairman English, U. Louisville, spring 1953;
chairman division humanities, U. Louisville, 1963-1969;
board overseers, U. Louisville, 1970-1975. Summer visiting professor Northwestern University, 1948, Harvard University, 1950, U. Colorado, 1959, Yeats International Summer School, Sligo, Ireland, 1961, 67, New York University, 1963, U. Washington, 1966. Fulbright lecturer University Institute, Venice, Italy, 1961-1962, American Seminar, Rome, 1962.
Lecturer James Joyce Tower, Dublin, Ireland, 1962. Centennial lecturer U. Massachusetts, spring 1963. Peters Rushton lecturer University of Virginia, 1964.
Visiting professor University College, Dublin, spring 1972. Member James Joyce Tower Committee, Dublin, 1960-1962. Member editorial board U. Press Kentucky, 1969-1971.
(good clean copy, has a bit of usual reading wear, rubbed ...)
(Book by Kain, Richard Morgan)
(Book by Kain, Richard M.)
Member secreening committee international exchange persons Conference Board. Associate Research Councils, 1962-1965. President Friends Kentucky Libraries, 1957-1958.
Chairman Save Our Parks Committee, 1958-1959. Board directors Louisville Orchestra, 1951-1965. Trustee James Joyce Foundation, since 1967.
Member Modern Language Association (chairman comparative literature discussion group I, 1963), American Association of University Professors, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Modern Humanities Research Association, James Joyce Society, American Committee Irish Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Delta Sigma Rho, Pi Delta Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Louise Kinsey Yerkes, June 16, 1931. Children: Richard Yerkes, David Hay, Constance Louise Kain Milner.