Teaching - Washington University
Gass taught at The College of Wooster for four years (1950-54), Purdue University for fourteen (1955-69), and Washington University in St. Louis for thirty, where he was a professor of philosophy (1969–78) and the David May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities (1979–99). During his teaching career Gass completed seventeen residencies at fourteen institutes of higher education. Since 2000, Gass has been the David May Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities. In 2006 Washington University established a William H. Gass professorship in Arts & Sciences.
For photographs of Gass at Washington University, see IMAGES. For recordings of Gass lectures and readings at Washington University, see SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS.
Washington University Class of 1971 Favorite Faculty Member award
"The Arts The Humanities The Sciences: A Series of Short Courses" pamphlet, 1972/1973
Washington University Alumni Board of Governors Faculty Award, March 2, 1974
"William Gass" by Dorothea Wolfgram, Washington University Magazine
Washington University David May Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities medal, 1979
The Writers’ Program brochure, Washington University, 1980
Sketchbook used by Gass for seminars at his home
"A Sheaf of Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke" arranged in order of their completion translated by William H. Gass
"Tribute to Chancellor Danforth"
“The Art of Self: Autobiography in an Age of Narcissism”
"Marianne Moore's Lexicon Compiled as a Companion to Her Complete Poems" by William Gass