| Marilyn Arnold Now living in a quiet desert community in Southern Utah, amid sand and sagebrush, at the base of a magnificent red sandstone mountain, Marilyn Arnold enjoys her retirement from years of academic achievement and service. At the close of her successful teaching career at Brigham Young University, she was honored as an emeritus professor of English. She was also appointed to several administrative posts-one of them with Dallin H. Oaks, Director of the Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature, and Dean of Graduate Studies. She still publishes through the Women's Research Institute at BYU, and lectures for the Utah Humanities Council Speakers' Bureau. In the St. George area she has served eight years on the Dixie State College Board of Trustees, and teaches a BYU literature class for adult learners. An internationally recognized authority on novelist Willa Cather, Marilyn has emulated Cather's desire to write about her own experiences in her own homeland. View Works by this Person |
| Religion | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Birth Date | November 26, 1935 |
| Birth Place | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Parents | Father: Henry Lynn (road contractor) Mother: Rhoda Jane (teacher; maiden name, Clark) |
| Education | Brigham Young University, B.S., 1957 Brigham Young University, M.S., 1958 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D., 1968 |
| Career | Assistant Dean of Women, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1962-64 Assistant Director of Student Financial Aid, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1964-65 Assistant Professor of English, Weber State College, Ogden, UT, 1968-69 Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 1969-75 Associate Professor and Assistant to the President, Brigham Young University, 1975-79 Professor of English, Brigham Young University, 1980- Director of the Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature, Brigham Young University, 1979-82 Dean of Graduate Studies, Brigham Young University, 1985- |
| Affiliations | Willa Cather Foundation Modern Language Association of American Philological Association of the Pacific Coast Western Literature Association Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Utah Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters Consortium of Utah Women in Higher Education |
| Awards | Karl G. Maeser Research Award from Brigham Young University Alumni Association, 1985 |
| Personal Statement | "So far, except for occasional pieces in general circulation periodicals, my published writing has been largely academic. My lifelong dream, however, is to leave structured academic life (and the incessant administrative jobs that sap energy and time) and devote myself to writing (and hiking and playing tennis and skiing). Though the mountains are dear, the desert is my first love, and I would like to do some writing that reflects my experiences there as an avid backpacker. I would also expect, in the more relaxed setting of home, rather than university office, to continue to write about Willa Cather and Eudora Welty. I would hope to have more time to spend in the library. Like Sonny in one of James Baldwin's stories, I believe that people should get to do what they earnestly want to do. I hope that I don't have to wait until the age of sixy-five to realize my dream" (from Contemporary Authors). |
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