Towne, Frank McConnell, 1913-

Professor of English, Washington State University.

From the description of Papers, 1938-1978. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853578

Frank McConnell Towne was born on January 8, 1913, at Fullerton, California. He received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1935, his M.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1941, and his Ph.D. from the same institution in 1949, Aside from a stint in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945, Dr. Towne has principally taught English and Humanities at various colleges and universities at home and abroad. From 1936 to 1940 he was an instructor at Athens College, Alabama, and from 1940 to 1941 he was a Teaching Assistant at the University of California at Los Angeles, returning here as an instructor in the extension division from 1946 to 1947. Dr. Towne was a Professor in the Department of English at Washington State University from 1947 to 1978, serving as chairman from 1960 to 1970; during that time he was also a Visiting Associate Professor at Columbia University, New York, 1953-1954, and a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Salonika, Greece, 1957-1958, and at the University of Athens, Greece, 1958-1959. His major teaching interests have been the History of Literary Criticism and the Humanities, He retired as Professor Emeritus from the Department of English in June 1978.

From the guide to the Frank McConnell Towne Papers, 1938-1978, (Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections)