Poetic Obituaries: [Robert] Dana founded and served as Editor-in-Chief

for the revived North American Review from 1964 through 1968. He helped to negotiate a special arrangement with then Senator Claiborn Pell of Rhode Island, who claimed rights to the magazine, which had published such important writers as Walt Whitman and Mark Twain for 125 years until it ceased operation in 1940.

At the time, Dana was also teaching English literature at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. When he retired in 1994 after 40 years of teaching, he was the college's Poet-in-Residence. He also served as a visiting writer at Stockholm University, Beijing University, and several American colleges and universities, including University of Florida, Wayne State University, University of Idaho, and Wichita State University.

from Cornell College: Robert Dana, 1929-2010

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