Ralph J. Mills
Ralph J. Mills Jr. (December 16, 1931 – August 18, 2007) was an American poet, scholar and professor. Life Ralph Joseph Mills Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 16, 1931. His father was Ralph J. Mills, president of the Mills Novelty Company in Chicago (inventors and makers of vending, gaming and slot machines, one of the largest in the country) and his mother was Eileen McGuire, whose family owned Beloit Dairy in Chicago. He and his sister, Anne (later Mrs. Canter), grew up in Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois. His first job was with his family's Mills Novelty Company in Chicago, in the summer 1950, working the lowest position at the factory, hauling compressors and returned machinery. He graduated from Lake Forest College, and Northwestern University, with a master's degree and PhD. He attended Oxford University, and taught at the University of Chicago, from 1959 to 1965. He taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1965 until his retirement in 1997. In ...
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