Scholarly Pursuits

—from the daybook of Jeremy Ingalls, June 6, 1961

Professional Occupations:
1941-1943: Assistant Professor of English Literature, Western College , Oxford , Ohio
1943-1944: Guggenheim Fellow
1945-1946: Fellow in Classical Chinese, University of Chicago
1946-1947: Research Assistant, Common Cause
1946-1960: Resident Poet, and successively Associate Professor; Professor; Chairperson, Division of Arts; Chairperson, English Department; Director, Asian Studies; Rockford College for Women, Rockord, Illinois
1952-1953: Ford Foundation Fellow in Asian Studies
1957-1958: Fulbright Professor of American Literature; Kobe University , Japan
1957: Guest Poet, Ewha University , Republic of Korea
1958: American Studies Poetry Seminar, Kyoto , Japan
1958: Rockefeller Foundation Lecturer in American Poetry
1960-2000: Professor Emerita, Rockford College
1960: Guest Poet, Tufts University , Boston , Massachusetts
1960-1983: Guest Poet, numerous appointments, including University of Arizona , 1965, Tucson Poetry Festival, 1983
1967: United Nations Distinguished American Woman of Letters, Philippine Islands

Memberships in Professional Organizations:
Poetry Society of America [Life member]
New England Poetry Club
International Academy of Arts and Letters
Dante Society [Life member]
Modern Language Association
MLA Association for Asian Studies [Life Member]

Honors:
1931: Phi Beta Kappa, Tufts University
1941: Yale Younger Poets Prize
1943: Guggenheim Fellow, Poetry
1944: American Academy of Arts and Letters Grant
1945-1946: Republic of China Fellow in Classical Chinese, University of Chicago
1950: Shelley Memorial Award, Poetry
1952, 1953: Lola Ridge Memorial Award
1952: Ford Foundation Fellow, Asian Studies
1957-1958: Fulbright Professor of American Literature , Japan
1958: Rockefeller Foundation Lecturer in American Poetry
1960: Steinman Foundation Lecturer in Poetry
1960: LHD, Doctor of Humanities, doctorate honoris causa, Rockford College
1962: International Arts & Letters Fellow
1965: Honorary Epic Poet Laureate
1965: United Poets International Laureate (click here for image)
1965: Honorary Doctor of Literature and Letters [PhD], Tufts University

Published Biographical Listings:
Contemporary Authors
Who’s Who of American Women
Who’s Who in the West
Who’s Who in the World
Directory of American Scholars
International Who’s Who in Poetry
Dictionary of International Biographies
World Who’s Who of Women
Poets & Writer’s Directory
Directory of American Poets
Who’s Who in America (click here for image)