Name Louise Pound Books Nebraska folklore | Siblings Roscoe Pound | |
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Died June 27, 1958, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States Education Heidelberg University, University of Chicago, University of Nebraska–Lincoln | ||
Louise Pound (June 30, 1872 – June 27, 1958) was a distinguished American folklorist, linguist, and college professor at the University of Nebraska.
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Early life
Pound was born in Lincoln, Nebraska to Stephen Bosworth Pound and Laura Pound. Pound studied at the University of Nebraska (B.B. 1892 and M.A., 1895). She continued her studies at the University of Chicago and the University of Heidelberg, and earned her Ph.D. in 1900. She was a professor of English at the University of Nebraska for most of her career.
In 1905 Dr. Pound was a champion of the Order of the Black Masque, senior women's honor society, which became a chapter of Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society in 1920. Dr. Pound became a member of Mortar Board in that year.
Professional life
Pound was a member of many professional societies. She was president of the American Folklore Society, 1925-1927. She was the first woman to serve as president of the Modern Language Association (1954–1955). In 1925, with Kemp Malone and Arthur G. Kennedy she founded the journal American Speech "to present information about English in America in a form appealing to general readers". Pound was the First Vice President of the American Association of University Women in the 1940s.
An athlete in her youth, Pound was inducted into the Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame in 1955.
Personal
Pound was a sister of noted legal professor Roscoe Pound. Pound and Cather residence halls at the University of Nebraska (Lincoln) are named after Louise Pound and Willa Cather, with whom Pound maintained a close friendship. [1]