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'''George Armour Craig ''' (November 15, 1914 – January 29, 2002) was a long-time professor of English and, at the end of his career, the acting president of [[Amherst College]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Director of Media Relations|title=G. Armour Craig,Professor of English Emeritus and Former Acting President, Dies at 87|url=https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/news_releases/2002/jan_2002|accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref> |
'''George Armour Craig ''' (November 15, 1914 – January 29, 2002) was a long-time professor of English and, at the end of his career, the acting president of [[Amherst College]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Director of Media Relations|title=G. Armour Craig, Professor of English Emeritus and Former Acting President, Dies at 87|url=https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/news/news_releases/2002/jan_2002|accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref> |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Craig was born on November 15, 1914, in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], where he attended the [[Hawken School]]. A member of the [[Alpha Delta Phi]] fraternity, he graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa Society|Phi Beta Kappa]] from Amherst College in 1937, and subsequently studied English at [[Harvard University]] receiving an M.A. in 1938 and a Ph.D. in 1947.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. G. Armour Craig|url=http://www3.amherst.edu/magazine/issues/02spring/collegerow/craig.html|website=Amherst Magazine|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> Craig married Margaret Ball, who died in 1996, and the couple had two children, daughter Sara Margaret Ballantine and son James Ball Craig. |
Craig was born on November 15, 1914, in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], where he attended the [[Hawken School]]. A member of the [[Alpha Delta Phi]] fraternity, he graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa Society|Phi Beta Kappa]] from Amherst College in 1937, and subsequently studied English at [[Harvard University]] receiving an M.A. in 1938 and a Ph.D. in 1947.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. G. Armour Craig|url=http://www3.amherst.edu/magazine/issues/02spring/collegerow/craig.html|website=Amherst Magazine|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> Craig married Margaret Ball, who died in 1996, and the couple had two children, daughter Sara Margaret Ballantine and son James Ball Craig. |
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He died at 87 on Tuesday, January 29, 2002, after a long illness in [[Hanover, New Hampshire]], where he had retired.<ref>{{cite web|title=G. Armour Craig,Professor of English Emeritus and Former Acting President, Dies at 87|url=https://www.amherst.edu/taxonomy/term/4360|publisher=Amherst College|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> |
He died at 87 on Tuesday, January 29, 2002, after a long illness in [[Hanover, New Hampshire]], where he had retired.<ref>{{cite web|title=G. Armour Craig, Professor of English Emeritus and Former Acting President, Dies at 87|url=https://www.amherst.edu/taxonomy/term/4360|publisher=Amherst College|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Craig taught in the English Department at Amherst from 1940 to 1985. In 1983, after the untimely death of [[Julian Gibbs|President Julian H. Gibbs]], he became acting president for 15 months. |
Craig taught in the English Department at Amherst from 1940 to 1985. In 1983, after the untimely death of [[Julian Gibbs|President Julian H. Gibbs]], he became acting president for 15 months. During this time, he oversaw the abolition of campus fraternities, following a white paper of a few years earlier that had made the recommendation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Amherst Trustees Vote To Close Fraternities|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/26/us/around-the-nation-amherst-trustees-vote-to-close-fraternities.html|accessdate=5 October 2015|work=New York Times|date=February 26, 1984}}</ref> |
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Craig's areas of specialty were 17th- and 19th-century English literature. Along with the late [[Theodore Baird]], Craig was instrumental in promoting and sustaining the famous required freshman composition course at Amherst.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. G. Armour Craig|url=http://www3.amherst.edu/magazine/issues/02spring/collegerow/craig.html|website=Amherst Magazine|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> One of six teachers honored at the White House in 1980, his former student, the poet [[Richard Wilbur]] (Amherst College 1942), said Craig had taught him “not only to be fiercely attentive to texts, but also to watch what we said and wrote.... Armour Craig was forever asking the embarrassing question, ‘What do you mean?’” |
Craig's areas of specialty were 17th- and 19th-century English literature. Along with the late [[Theodore Baird]], Craig was instrumental in promoting and sustaining the famous required freshman composition course at Amherst.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. G. Armour Craig|url=http://www3.amherst.edu/magazine/issues/02spring/collegerow/craig.html|website=Amherst Magazine|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> One of six teachers honored at the White House in 1980, his former student, the poet [[Richard Wilbur]] (Amherst College 1942), said Craig had taught him “not only to be fiercely attentive to texts, but also to watch what we said and wrote.... Armour Craig was forever asking the embarrassing question, ‘What do you mean?’” |
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[[Category:Hawken School alumni]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:20, 1 October 2024
George Armour Craig (November 15, 1914 – January 29, 2002) was a long-time professor of English and, at the end of his career, the acting president of Amherst College.[1]
Life
[edit]Craig was born on November 15, 1914, in Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended the Hawken School. A member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Amherst College in 1937, and subsequently studied English at Harvard University receiving an M.A. in 1938 and a Ph.D. in 1947.[2] Craig married Margaret Ball, who died in 1996, and the couple had two children, daughter Sara Margaret Ballantine and son James Ball Craig.
He died at 87 on Tuesday, January 29, 2002, after a long illness in Hanover, New Hampshire, where he had retired.[3]
Career
[edit]Craig taught in the English Department at Amherst from 1940 to 1985. In 1983, after the untimely death of President Julian H. Gibbs, he became acting president for 15 months. During this time, he oversaw the abolition of campus fraternities, following a white paper of a few years earlier that had made the recommendation.[4]
Craig's areas of specialty were 17th- and 19th-century English literature. Along with the late Theodore Baird, Craig was instrumental in promoting and sustaining the famous required freshman composition course at Amherst.[5] One of six teachers honored at the White House in 1980, his former student, the poet Richard Wilbur (Amherst College 1942), said Craig had taught him “not only to be fiercely attentive to texts, but also to watch what we said and wrote.... Armour Craig was forever asking the embarrassing question, ‘What do you mean?’”
References
[edit]- ^ Director of Media Relations. "G. Armour Craig, Professor of English Emeritus and Former Acting President, Dies at 87". Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "Prof. G. Armour Craig". Amherst Magazine. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "G. Armour Craig, Professor of English Emeritus and Former Acting President, Dies at 87". Amherst College. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Amherst Trustees Vote To Close Fraternities". New York Times. February 26, 1984. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "Prof. G. Armour Craig". Amherst Magazine. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
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