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Tom Mc Keown

poet
Tom Mc Keown, American poet. Recipient Avery Hopwood award for poetry University Michigan, 1968; Wisconsin Arts Council award, 1980; Yaddo Residence grantee; Wurlitzer Residence grantee; Ossabaw Island Project grantee; Virginia Center Creative Arts grantee; Ragdale Foundation grantee. Active International Order St. Luke Healing Prayer Ministry. Member Psi Upsilon (pledge president 1957).

Background

  • Keown, Tom Mc was born on September 29, 1937 in Evanston, Illinois. Son of Thomas Shanks and Ruth Ann (Fordyce) McKeown.

    • Education

    • Bachelor of Arts in English, University Michigan, 1961; A.M. in English, University Michigan, 1962; Master of Fine Arts in Writing, Vermont College, 1989.

    Career

    • Instructor Alpena College, 1962-1964, Wisconsin State University (now University Wisconsin-Oshkosh), 1964-1968. Poet-in-residence Stephens College, 1968-1974, University Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1976-1981, Savannah College Art and Design, 1982-1983, University Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1983-1987, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1989-1994. Reader National Endowment for Arts in, Missouri, Kansas, Michigan.

      Active poet-in-the schools program. Poetry tutorials correspondent school, since 1994.

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    Religion

    Denomination: Episcopalian

    Membership

    Active International Order St. Luke Healing Prayer Ministry. Member Psi Upsilon (pledge president 1957).

    Connections

    • mother: Ruth Ann (Fordyce) McKeown
    • father: Thomas Shanks Keown
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    Born September 29, 1937
    Evanston, Illinois
    Nationality
    American
    • 1961
      University Michigan
    • 1962
      University Michigan
    • 1989
      Vermont College
    • 1962 - 1964
      Instructor, Alpena College
    • 1964 - 1968
      Instructor, Alpena College
    • 1968 - 1974
      poet-in-residence Stephens College
    • 1976 - 1981
      poet-in-residence Stephens College
    • 1982 - 1983
      poet-in-residence Stephens College
    • 1983 - 1987
      poet-in-residence Stephens College
    • 1989 - 1994
      poet-in-residence Stephens College
      Madison, Tennessee, United States
    • 1994
      poetry tutorials correspondent school
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