Mr. Peter Wild is one of the most widely published younger
poets in the country.
His work has appeared in many magazines,
among them Trace Poetry, Beloit Poetry Journal, Northwest
Review and Track Quarterly.
He has been represented in the anthologies Poems
Southwest, Poetry Extra One, and Southern Poetry Review.
He's published eight volumes of poetry most recent
of which are Terms and Renewals, published in 1970,
and Fat Man Poems, also published in 1970.
He has been awarded first prize for poetry
in the Writer's Digest Competition, and a grant
from the Hart Crane and Alice Crane Williams Memorial Fund.
Peter Wild has many friends in the university,
and in Tucson, from the days when he was a student here, not
so long ago.
I'm sure all of you will join me in welcoming him back
to the university on this visit, Mr. Peter Wild.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you Mr. Ramsey.