The lecture is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the John and Elaine Fellowes Fund for English Literature.
McCall and his wife, Mary Berenice McCall, joined the Peace Corps in 1993 following his retirement as president of Knox. For two years they taught at the university in Ashgabat, Turkemistan's capital. His volunteer work won him recognition as "Person of the Week" on ABC Nightly News in 1993. The McCalls now live in New Orleans.
A Chaucer scholar who regularly taught English while he was president of Knox, McCall will lead several classes during his visit to Knox this month.
McCall was Knox College president from 1982 to 1993. Before coming to Knox, he taught at Georgetown University and at the University of Cincinnati, where he also served as chair of the English department, senior vice president and provost. McCall received his B.A. from College of the Holy Cross and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University. Mary Berenice McCall received her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Spanish literature from Bryn Mawr College.
Founded in 1837, Knox is an independent, four-year, liberal arts college, located in Galesburg, Illinois, with 1,100 students from 42 states and 33 nations. Knox's "Old Main," a National Historic Landmark, is the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.
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