Background
Kaiser, Walter was born on May 31, 1931 in Bellevue, Ohio, United States.
Kaiser, Walter was born on May 31, 1931 in Bellevue, Ohio, United States.
AB magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1960.
Allston Burr senior tutor Eliot House, Harvard University, 1957-1958; from instructor to associate Professor of English, comparative literature, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960-1962; Professor of English, comparative literature, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1969; department chairman, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1975, 82-85. Member committees degrees in history and literature Harvard University, since 1960, Faculty county, 1971-1974, library committee, 1971-1974. Deputy director Villa I Tatti, Florence, 1971-1986, director since 1988.
Chairman ad hoc visiting committee to Addison Gallery American Art, 1978. Trustee Michael Rockefeller Memorial Fellowship, 1965-1968, 69-70, Rockefeller Family Fund, 1973-1979, Museum Fine Arts, Boston, 1978-1988, Bogliasco Foundation, 2001-2007. Vice president Somerset House Art History Foundation.
Board directors Philip H. Rosenbach Foundation, 1974-1978. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Boston Athenaeum, American Comparative Literature Association, Renaissance Society of America, Signet Society (associate), Modern Greek Studies Association, Shakespeare Association American, Council Foreign Relations, Knickerbocker Club, Somerset Club, Harvard Club, Old Salopian, Boston Library. Society, Century Association, Phi Beta Kappa.