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Kerr, Donald Cameron

1936-

Donald Cameron Kerr was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1936 and educated at St. Joseph's School, Nutana Collegiate and the University of Saskatchewan where he received an Honours B.A. in English in 1958. He earned an M.A. in English at the University of Toronto in 1960. Kerr taught at the U of S from 1960 to 1962 and, after two years in London, U.K., from 1964 to 1997. During his tenure at the University of Saskatchewan, Kerr has been promoted from Instructor to Lecturer (1965), Assistant Professor (1966), Associate Professor (1976) and Professor (1983). In addition to serving as acting Chair of the department of English in 1985-86, Kerr has served on a number of departmental, college and University committees. He was married to Mildred McNamee in 1961 and they have three sons, David, Robert and William.