Milton R. Stern

Milton R. Stern (August 22, 1928 – July 26, 2011) was an American professor of English and American literature, who specialized in studies of the works of Herman Melville and F. Scott Fitzgerald, best known for his "landmark books" on Melville, Fitzgerald, and Hawthorne,

In 1955, Stern began teaching at the University of Illinois. In 1958, he joined the English Department at UConn in 1958. He served as founding chairman of the Connecticut Humanities Council, dedicated to spreading literacy and culture to the state. He also championed adult education. Stern taught until retirement in 1991. 1976: First Alumni Association Distinguished Professor award at University of Connecticut 1977: Fellow at the National Humanities Institute at Yale University 1979: Fellow at the Modern Media Institute Center in St. Petersburg, Florida 1981: Outstanding Alumnus in Arts and the Humanities from Northeastern University 1983: First Wilbur Cross Award winner conferred by the Connecticut Humanities Council 1985: Celebrated Teacher by the Associated Departments of English Program of the Modern Language Association 1996: Honorary Life Member of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society 1968, 1975, 1977) House of the seven gables, edited with introduction (1965, 1981) First years in college; preparing students for a successful college career, edited with * * Golden moment: the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1970)

Billy Budd, sailor; an inside narrative, edited (1975)

Power and conflict in continuing professional education, edited (1983)

F. Scott Fitzgerald in the twenty-first century, edited with Jackson R. Bryer and Ruth Prigozy (2003) [Unpublished, 600-page memoir]