Background
Fossum, Robert Heyerdahl was born on March 19, 1923 in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Hans Martinius and Talma Irene (Heyerdahl) Fossum.
Fossum, Robert Heyerdahl was born on March 19, 1923 in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Hans Martinius and Talma Irene (Heyerdahl) Fossum.
Bachelor, Beloit College, 1948; Master of Arts, University of Southern California, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Claremont Graduate School, 1963.
Teaching assistant, lecturer department English,, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1948-1950; instructor, assistant professor, then associate professor, Beloit College, 1950-1962; associate professor, professor, California State University, Los Angeles, 1962-1963; associate professor, then professor, Claremont (California) McKenna College, 1963-1987; Josephine Olp Weeks professor literature, Claremont (California) McKenna College, 1972-1987; professor emeritus, Claremont (California) McKenna College, since 1987. Fulbright professor American literature U. Vienna and University Graz, Austria, 1969-1970, 76-77.
With infantry United States Army, 1943. Member Modern Language Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Terry O'Brien Barker, September 12, 1945 (divorced February 1951). Married Virginia Adelaide Hammond, June 7, 1952. Children: Kristin, Robert Paul, Elizabeth.