Emerson, O.B.

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O.B. Emerson was a professor of English at the University of Alabama from 1946 to 1986. He graduated with his M.A. and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. He taught courses in American literature, Southern literature, and Afro-American literature. He received the Outstanding Professor Award, chosen by the student body, in 1965, and the National Alumni Association’s Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award in 1980. Emerson retired from the University in 1986 and died in 1990.

From the guide to the O. B. Emerson papers MSS. 0485., circa 1946-1986, (University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama)

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Birth 1922

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