Memorandum
To: The Hamilton Community
From: Joan Hinde Stewart
I am writing with sad news. We received word yesterday (July 18, 2007) that
Dwight Lindley '42, professor emeritus of English, has died, just a few weeks after observing his 87th birthday on July 4.
After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Hamilton in 1942, Dwight enlisted in the Army before receiving his master's degree and Ph.D. in English and comparative literature from Columbia University. He taught for two years at Bowdoin and then returned to College Hill in 1952 where he was a revered member of the Hamilton faculty for more than three decades. At the time he retired from full-time teaching in 1986, he was
the Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English Literature.
A specialist in Victorian literature, he was most proud of The Later Letters of John Stuart Mill, which he co-edited with Francis E. Mineka '29. As an undergraduate he drew inspiration from Hamilton faculty members Edgar Graves, Tom Johnston, Dean Frank Ristine, John Mattingly and George Nesbitt, whom he credited with motivating
him to enter teaching.
Dwight demanded a lot from his students. He was respected as a colleague, teacher and friend. Hamilton will recognize his contributions to our community at a later date.
To: The Hamilton Community
From: Joan Hinde Stewart
I am writing with sad news. We received word yesterday (July 18, 2007) that
Dwight Lindley '42, professor emeritus of English, has died, just a few weeks after observing his 87th birthday on July 4.
After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Hamilton in 1942, Dwight enlisted in the Army before receiving his master's degree and Ph.D. in English and comparative literature from Columbia University. He taught for two years at Bowdoin and then returned to College Hill in 1952 where he was a revered member of the Hamilton faculty for more than three decades. At the time he retired from full-time teaching in 1986, he was
the Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English Literature.
A specialist in Victorian literature, he was most proud of The Later Letters of John Stuart Mill, which he co-edited with Francis E. Mineka '29. As an undergraduate he drew inspiration from Hamilton faculty members Edgar Graves, Tom Johnston, Dean Frank Ristine, John Mattingly and George Nesbitt, whom he credited with motivating
him to enter teaching.
Dwight demanded a lot from his students. He was respected as a colleague, teacher and friend. Hamilton will recognize his contributions to our community at a later date.
