Robert Henry Super ’35 *41

Dr. Bob Super, professor emeritus of English at the U. of Michigan, died of a massive stroke Mar. 29, 1996. Born in Wilkes Barre and rooming for four years with George Fenner, another Wilkes Barre native, Bob majored in English, was Phi Beta Kappa, and earned a BLitt at Oxford in 1937 and a PhD at Princeton in 1941. He pursued his scholarship through a Fulbright, two Guggenheims, and other grants. He was chosen a Fellow of the British Academy in 1990. He taught English at several other colleges, and settled at the U. of Michigan in 1947. He retired in 1984.

He authored two biographical works about the English poet Walter Savage Landor. He edited an 11volume set of the complete prose works of Matthew Arnold and other books about the life and works of Anthony Trollope. The Ann Arbor News paid this tribute in its obituary: "Professor Super was an esteemed colleague, one who met and exceeded both old and new standards of what a professor ought to be. He was also a valued friend; he took a serious and practical interest in his junior colleagues' and students' welfare."

Bob is survived by his wife, Rebecca, and his sons, David '80 and Paul, to all of whom the class sends most sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1935