Poetry of William Allen White

Donald Stuart Pady finished his academic career as an Associate Professor, Librarian and Bibliographer. He earned the B.A. degree in English at The University of Kansas, an M.L.S. at Emporia (Kansas) State University, and the M.A. in English at Iowa State University -- where he was a librarian for many years. In 1984, The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature presented him the MidAmerica Award for distinguished contributions to the study of midwestern literature Although White never achieved an academic degree, he was awarded honorary degrees from ten colleges, namely the College of Emporia, Washburn University, Baker University, Columbia University, Oberlin College, Brown University, Northwestern University, Knox College, Beloit College, and Harvard University. He received a Pulitzer Prize for the editorial, "To an Anxious Friend," and another posthumously for The Autobiography of William Allen White. Also after his death, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, named its journalism school The William Allen White School of Journalism. In 1996, a panel of 15 state experts placed him first on a list of the most influential KansansPady, Donald Stuart is the author of 'Poetry of William Allen White' with ISBN 9781585971497 and ISBN 1585971499.