Durham, Philip.

Durham was born Feb. 7, 1912 in Portland, OR; BS, Linfield College, 1935; MA, Claremont Graduate School, 1946; Ph. D, Northwestern Univ., 1949; member of faculty, Elmhurst College, 1949-51; instructor (1953-55), asst. prof. (1955-61), assoc. prof. (1961-66), prof. (1966-76), and prof. emeritus (1976-77), UCLA; Dept. of English; Fulbright prof. of American literature, Univ. of Helsinki, 1955-56; author of several books, including: American fiction in Finland (with Tauno F. Mustanoja, 1960), Down these mean streets a man must go : Raymond Chandler's knight (1963), The Negro cowboys (with Everett Jones, 1965), and The western story : fact, fiction, and myth (1975); died March 27, 1977.

Biography

Durham was born February 7, 1912 in Portland, Oregon; BS, Linfield College, 1935; MA, Claremont Graduate School, 1946; Ph.D, Northwestern University, 1949; member of faculty, Elmhurst College, 1949-51; instructor (1953-55), assistant professor (1955-61), associate professor (1961-66), professor (1966-76), and professor emeritus (1976-77), UCLA; Department of English; Fulbright professor of American literature, University of Helsinki, 1955-56; author of several books, including: American Fiction in Finland (with Tauno F. Mustanoja, 1960), Down these Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler's Knight (1963), The Negro Cowboys (with Everett Jones, 1965), and The Western Story: Fact, Fiction, and Myth (1975); died March 27, 1977.

Biography

Durham was born February 7, 1912 in Portland, Oregon; BS, Linfield College, 1935; MA, Claremont Graduate School, 1946; Ph.D, Northwestern University, 1949; faculty member, Elmhurst College, 1949-51; instructor (1953-55), assistant professor (1955-61), associate professor (1961-66), professor (1966-76), and professor emeritus (1976-77), UCLA Department of English; Fulbright professor of American literature, University of Helsinki (1955-56); wrote several books, including American fiction in Finland (with Tauno F. Mustanoja, 1960), Down these mean streets a man must go: Raymond Chandler's knight (1963), The Negro cowboys (with Everett Jones, 1965), and The western story: fact, fiction, and myth (1975); died March 27, 1977.