Ambrose Gordon Jr III

Ambrose Gordon Jr. III, (Records are under Junior). Born in Savannah, Georgia, Attended Avon Old Farms, CT - all male prep high School. Yale University 1939 1940, BA 1942 MA 1951 PhD 1952. WW II Navy starting in 1 Jan 1944. Expert on contemporary Latin American and English Poetry. Started teaching at the University of Texas 1958 -1987. Fulbright in Argentina in 1966 & 1969. Professor of English, University of Texas Austin, Plan II Honors, Author & Poet. Taught 2 semesters of Plan II Honors required World Literature etc. wrote on Jorge Luis Borges, Vladimir Nabokov, and Ford Maddox Ford. Book: "Invisible Tent: The War Novels of Ford Maddox Ford". 1985 Univ of Texas Jean Holloway Award for Teaching Excellence. Ran UT Ruth Stephen Poetry Center, now UT Poetry Center, Hypothsis: Ambrose Gordon Jr. brought Ruth Stephen to UT Austin in 1966. Amazing English Teacher, mentor, author and poet. Long standing Military Family: Father Ambrose Gordon I also went to Yale University in 1912 and served in WW I. General Ambrose Gordon II served in Spanish American War, went to Puerto Rico to see its transition to the US. First person from Georgia to attend West Point. General in CSA. The original Ambrose Gordon fought in the American Revolution. Family Heritage: Savannah, Georgia; British, Irish, Scottish. Family Cemetery: Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia. Descendant of Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low who founded the US Girl Scouts.