Bio: Schraufnagel, Noel – U. of Nebraska PH.D. (1971)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Schraufnagel, Dusek

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 12 Aug 1971

Noel Schraufnagel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schraufnagel, Abbotsford, received a PH. D. degree in English at the summer commencement of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, on July 14, 1971.

Dr. Schraunagel’s dissertation, The Negro Novel; 1940 – 1970,” is a study of the trends of black fiction since the publication of Richard Wright’s “Native Son,” with a special emphasis on the black writers reaction to American Society.

A 1957 graduate of Abbotsford High School, Dr. Schraufnagel did his undergraduate work at Wisconsin State University, River Falls, where he was the recipient of the Chisholm Award in 1966. He received a three year NDEA Fellowship to the University of Nebraska in 1967.

Dr. Schraufnagel joined the Humanities Department of Alcorn A & M College, Lorman, Mississippi, as an assistant professor of English, in September 1970, and is currently taking part in a workshop in black cultural heritage, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

He is married to the former Darlene Dusek of River Falls.

The couple is expected in Abbotsford in August on vacation, and will return to Lorman, Mississippi for the fall session at Alcorn A & M College.