Who We Are
The T. S. Eliot Society is an international community of scholars and others interested in the mind and work of Eliot. It was founded in 1980 by the Hungarian-American man of letters Leslie L. Konnyu, for the purpose of providing fellowship and enrichment of understanding, and as a focus for commemorating Eliot in the city of his birth, St. Louis. Its annual program includes a Memorial Lecture by an eminent critic or scholar.

The Society, incorporated as a non-profit organization, is supported by the annual dues of its members. Click here for a printable membership form. For further information concerning membership, address: John Karel, Treasurer, Tower Grove Park, 4256 Magnolia Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110.

The T. S. Eliot Society is in correspondence with the author societies participating in The American Literature Association. The by-laws of the Society are available here.


Board of Directors

William Harmon, President
David Chinitz, Vice President
Cyrena Pondrom, Secretary
John Karel, Treasurer
Benjamin Lockerd, Jr., Supervisor of Elections
Frances Dickey, Historian

Christie Buttram
Elisabeth Däumer
Melanie Fathman
Rev. Earl Holt III
Lee Oser
Jayme Stayer, S.J.



T. S. Eliot Memorial Lecturers

Ronald Bush, 2009
Grace Schulman, 2008
George T. Wright, 2007
William Blissett, 2006
Robert Crawford, 2005
Craig Raine, 2004
Leon Surette, 2003
Marjorie Perloff, 2002
Geoffrey Hill, 2001
Carl Phillips, 2000
Helen Vendler, 1999
Charles Altieri, 1998
James Longenbach, 1997
Marianne Thormählen, 1996
Louis Menand, 1995
Willian Harmon, 1994
Christopher Ricks, 1993
Denis Donoghue, 1992
Cleo McNelly Kearns, 1991
Shyamal Bagchee, 1990
Leonard Unger, 1989
Grover Smith, 1988
A. D. Moody, 1987
James Olney, 1986
Ronald Schuchard, 1985
Jewel Spears Brooker, 1984
Rev. Earl K. Holt, III, 1983
Charles Guenther, 1982
Robert C. Roach, 1981
Sr. Marcella Holloway, 1980

Distinguished Service Awardees

Jewel Spears Brooker
William Charron
Anthony Fathman

 

Friends of
the Society

Ferrar House
Lyndall Gordon
Marina MacKay
Russell Kirk Center
Viscount Sandon
Vince Sherry
St. Michael's Church
Mrs. Sherley Unger

Honorary Members

Mrs. T. S. Eliot
A. D. Moody
Craig Raine
Christopher Ricks
Ronald Schuchard
Grover C. Smith
Marianne Thormählen

 

Office Manager

Sheri Pena