Donald Kummings

In 1971 he earned Ph.D. in English and American Studies from Indiana University.

He also taught at Adrian College and Indiana University before coming to Parkside in 1970.

[4] Donald Kummings earned a number of teaching awards for his contributions in the university, culminating with the Wisconsin Professor of the Year from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 1997.

In 1989 he published a collection of 20 poems The Open Road Trip (Tunnel, New York: Geryon Press, Limited, 1989.

The book was awarded the Posner Poetry Prize by the Council for Wisconsin Writers.