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List of Major Authors
Click here for a list of major
authors who presented at San
Jose State for the Center for
Literary Arts under Dean Crane.
Click here for a list of major
authors who presented at San
Jose State for the Center for
Literary Arts under Dean Crane.
JOHN K. CRANE received his A.B. and A.M. from St. Louis University and his Ph.D.
from The Pennsylvania State University. He has taught English and Russian at the
Air Force Academy, English at the University of Southern California, Penn State,
Oklahoma State University (Professor and Head of the Department of English), as
well as Visiting Professorships at the University of Washington and the University of
Colorado.
Obviously, he did not do all this by himself; but he helped write the grants that
allowed his faculty and students to travel to events nationally and internationally and
raised much of the money from Silicon Valley firms to bring the writers on campus.
from The Pennsylvania State University. He has taught English and Russian at the
Air Force Academy, English at the University of Southern California, Penn State,
Oklahoma State University (Professor and Head of the Department of English), as
well as Visiting Professorships at the University of Washington and the University of
Colorado.
- He finished his academic career as Dean of the College of
Humanities and the Arts at San Jose State University, the
largest college in the university, from 1988-1998. During that
time he and others created the Center for Literary Arts, which
brought the major authors of our time onto campus for
readings and workshops with the students. These included
Nobel Prize Laureates, Pulitzer Prize Winners, and National
Book Award Winners.
- During the time he was at San Jose State, San Jose became
the tenth-largest city in the nation, and the College of the
Humanities and the Arts, under Dean Crane’s leadership,
produced student and faculty talent for major cultural events in
Silicon Valley:
- the musicians for the Silicon Valley Symphony;
- the largest school of art in the country;
- the major talent for Opera San Jose;
- the “Best College Radio Station in the Nation” (KSJS-FM, 90.3) in 1992 and
1994; - the Winner of the “Choir of the World” competition in Wales (The San Jose
State University Choraliers).
Obviously, he did not do all this by himself; but he helped write the grants that
allowed his faculty and students to travel to events nationally and internationally and
raised much of the money from Silicon Valley firms to bring the writers on campus.
- He was also in charge of the Ira F. Brilliant Center for
Beethoven Studies, the largest collection of Beethoven
manuscripts outside of Germany. The holdings also included
the much-publicized lock of the composer’s hair.
Additionally, he had charge of the Center for Steinbeck
Studies, a large collection of Steinbeck’s letters and
manuscripts donated by his wife, Elaine Steinbeck. In
addition, he oversaw the contracting of Bruce Springsteen’s
fundraising concert on campus to a packed house of 6,000
attendees.
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