James R. Andreas Sr. Ph.D.

James R. Andreas Sr., Ph.D, died in Miami Beach, FL, Feb. 11, following a long illness. Andreas was a Professor of English and the Editor of the Upstart Crow, a Shakespeare Journal. In 2000, Andreas retired from Clemson University where he was the founder and director of the Clemson Shakespeare Festival, and a former department head. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Paris and recipient of several NEH Fellowships. He taught Shakespeare, Chaucer and African-American Literature and published continuously in these and a variety of other areas. He was a visiting Professor of English at Florida International University in the Spring of 2001. He was on the faculty of the Bread Loaf school of English in Vermont since 2000. A Chicago native, Andreas grew up in the Hyde Park and Winnetka areas. He attended New Trier High School where he was a competitive swimmer. He attended Stanford and Northwestern Universites, lettering in swimming and water polo. In 1965, Northwestern awarded him the Phi Beta Kappa. He continued graduate studies at the John Hopkins University and received his Ph.D at Vanderbilt in 1973. He is survived by wife, Martha; four children, James Jr., Teresa, Angela and Francis; grandchildren, Kristin, Sasha, Rachel and Devin; sister, Barbara Bengtsen; and one brother, Ralph Andreas Jr. Services were held on Feb. 17, in Miami Beach. The family asks that donations be made in his memory to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 120 Wall St., 19th floor, New York, 10005. 800-533-2873.