Born: 1921

Died: 2-Aug-2002

Ripon Class Year:

1943

Majors:

Mathematics & English

Minors:

 

 

Military service:

First Lieutenant: U.S. Signal Corps in the South Pacific during World War II

Career and Employer:

Professor Emeritus of American Literature at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

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Details about Howard

Survived by:

Genevieve Horsford Thompson, Ripon '47 (sister), died 19-Feb-2006

Dorothy Graham Jackson, Ripon '47 (cousin)

Marian Graham Moore, Ripon '41 (cousin)

Grants and Awards:

• Distinguished Alumni Citation, 1957, Ripon College

Publications:

• Horsford, H. C. (1992). Faulkner's (Mostly) Unreal Indians in Early Mississippi History. American Literature, 64, 311 - 330.
• Journals by Herman Melville. Edited by Harrison Hayford, Lynn Horth, and Howard C. Horsford, 1989. Northwestern University Press.
• Journal of a Visit to Europe and the Levant, October 11, 1856-May 6, 1857, Vol. 35 by Herman Melville. Ed. Howard C. Horsford, 1955. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.

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Statements in Memory of Howard

An obituary for Howard from the Class Notes section of the Ripon College Magazine, Spring 2005
(Grammar and spelling corrected)

"Howard Horsford (43) of Coralville, IA, died August 2, 2002. Howard served in World War Two as a first lieutenant in the US Signal Corps in the South Pacific. In 1957 he received the Distinguished Alumni Citation from Ripon College. Howard was professor emeritus of English at the University of Rochester in New York. He also taught at Ripon College, Bryn Mawr College, Bread Loaf School of English, and Princeton University He was the author of several articles and a consultant on 19^th and 20^th century American literature and was an environmentalist with an interest in assisting the Indian Nations of the southwest with health and education projects. Survivors include a sister, Genevieve Horsford Thompson (47), and two cousins, Dorothy Graham Jackson (47) and Marian Graham Moore (41)."

Information about Howard's life has been collected from

• Ripon College Magazine, Ripon College, Ripon, WI
• The Crimson, Ripon College annual yearbook, Ripon College, Ripon, WI
• Google Scholar

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