Walter Evert, professor of English emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh, died April 5, 2012. He was 88.
Evert joined the Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He graduated from Rutgers in 1950, and earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. in English from Princeton in 1953 and 1960, respectively. He taught at Princeton, Williams, and UCLA before going to Pittsburgh in 1963. On the faculty, he also served as chairman of the English department, associate dean of humanities, and associate dean of the faculty of arts and sciences. He retired in 1990.
In 1965, Evert wrote Aesthetic and Myth in the Poetry of Keats; he also edited a book on Keats. He read manuscripts for the University of Pittsburgh Press, was a dramatist for the Open Stage Theatre, and wrote freelance theater reviews for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
After his retirement, Evert became an extra in movies filmed in Pittsburgh, appearing as a physician in Bob Roberts, starring Tim Robbins, and as a senator in Citizen Cohn, starring James Woods. He was a life member of the APGA.
Evert is survived by Jancy, his wife of 28 years; three children from a previous marriage; and five grandchildren.
Graduate memorials are prepared by the APGA.