Robert Young Drake

Background

Drake, Robert Young was born on October 20, 1930 in Ripley, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Young and Lillian (Wood) Drake.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1952; Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1953; Master of Arts, Yale University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1955.

Career

Instructor English, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1955-1958; instructor English, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1958-1961; assistant Professor of English, University Texas, Austin, 1961-1965; associate Professor of English, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1965-1973; Professor of English, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1973. Visiting Murphy Professor of English, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, 1982.

Membership

Member Modern Language Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, College English Association, Tennessee Folklore Society, Society for Study Southern Literature, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, walking.

Connections

Father:

Robert Young Drake

Mother:

Lillian (Wood) Drake