University Appoints Lowell

The University has confirmed the appointment of Robert Lowell, Jr. '39, as Visiting Professor of English for the Fall Terms of 1962-63 and 1963-64.

Lowell, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his book "Word Weary's Castle," is the author of 5 volumes of poetry and the recipient in 1960 of the National Book Award for "Life Studies".

Lowell is the great-grandnephew of James Russell Lowell, and a distant relative of Amy Lowell. He studied at Harvard from 1935 to 1937 and was graduated summa cum laude from Kenyon College in 1940.