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 Dr.
Dan Guillory, emeritus professor of English, was a member of the Millikin
faculty from 1972 until 2004 when he was honored as a professor
emeritus. He received his bachelor’s degree from Tulane
University in 1965 and his doctorate in 1972, also from Tulane.
His post-doctoral studies were at Amherst College, City University
of New York, University of Chicago, Sheffield University (England)
and University of Minnesota. Guillory also has had teaching appointments
at Louisiana State University (New Orleans), the University of
Wisconsin and Tulane University.
Guillory was the youngest full professor named in the school’s
history. He has received many grants and awards, including the
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship; several grants from the National Endowment
for the Humanities (including a fellowship at the National Humanities
Institute, University of Chicago); Illinois Arts Council Artists’
Fellowship (1989-1989); Fulbright Senior Lecturer Award (Gabon,
Africa) (1989-1990); Illinois Arts Council Reading Series (1991);
Illinois Library Association Award (1993); and the Poets in Person
Grant, American Library Association (1995). He also has received
awards from the American Library Association, and the Society
for the Study of Midwestern Literature.
At Millikin, Guillory was named the Hardy Distinguished Professor
of English (1984-1986 and 1994-96), Distinguished Faculty Lecturer
(1989), and recipient of the Alpha Lambda Delta Teaching Award
and Outstanding JMS Educator Award. He served in four administrative
assignments at the university: twice as chair of the James Millikin
Scholars program, once as retention officer, and once as chair
of the English department (2000-2003). He also served on the original
committee that created the James Millikin Scholars program, taught
at all SummerView continuing education programs for alumni and
taught all students who traveled to Millikin in recent years through
an exchange program with Tunghai University in Taiwan.
Guillory has written more than 450 articles, poems, reviews and
book chapters for numerous publications, including the Michigan
Quarterly Review, Rolling Stone, Library Journal, Illinois Times,
Illinois Issues, Kansas Quarterly, Mississippi Valley Review,
Spoon River Quarterly, and Dow-Jones Online Book Reviews.
He served as a reviewer for Library Journal from 1975-2003. He
has written chapters in "The Automobile and American Culture,"
"Marianne Moore, Woman and Poet," and "Benchmark:
An Anthology of Contemporary Illinois Poetry." His published
books include "Living with Lincoln: Life and Art in the Heartland"
(1989); "The Alligator Inventions" (1991); and "When
the Waters Recede: Rescue and Recovery During the Great Flood"
(1996). Guillory has also written chapters or introductions for
"The Lemon Jelly Cake," " Tramping Across America:
Travel Writings of Vachel Lindsay," and "In the Middle
of the Middle West."
Guillory has served as a consultant to the Illinois State Board
of Education and was invited to be a presenter at the first three
Illinois Authors Book Fairs and the Illinois State Library at
Springfield, plus all Decatur Book Fairs. He served two terms
on the Literary Arts Panel of the Illinois Arts Council and four
terms on the on the Central Illinois Regional Planning Commission
of the Illinois Humanities Council, including two terms as president.
He currently is a board member for the Vachel Lindsay Association
in Springfield.
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