User:MrLinkinPark333/sandbox/Scott Donaldson

Early life and education
Donaldson's birth occurred in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 11, 1928. Between the 1950s to 1960s, Donaldson attended Yale University and the University of Minnesota for his post-secondary education.

Early 1950s to early 1960s
Donaldson worked in the United States Army Security Agency from the early to mid 1950s. Donaldson became a reporter in 1956 for The Minneapolis Star. During his public relations career, Donaldson started working at Pillsbury Miils in 1957. His "publicity and advertising copy firm" began the following year. In 1959, he was chosen as a "public relations consultant" for The Bloomington Suburbanite before its debut.

In 1961, Donaldson was their publisher during the merger with The Bloomington Sun. During 1963, he worked for Suburbanite Publications as their president. When Minneapolis Suburban Newspapers took over that year, Donaldson held administrative positions with the company. He also briefly worked there as their editor-in-chief.

Literature
While attending Minnesota, Donaldson released a 1964 book about Bloomington titled The Making of a Suburb. In 1969, The Suburban Myth was released by him.

After his death, James L. West III used Donaldson's writings to create Fitzgerald and the War Between the Sexes: Essays in 2022.

For his editing career, Donaldson expanded On the Road by Jack Kerouac during 1979. He did this by including "eighteen essays about Kerouac and his art" by other writers for On the Road: Text and Criticism.

Academics
While at the university during 1971, he was a co-creator of the Donaldson Writer-in-Residence Program. In 1984, he became their Louise G.T. Cooley Professor of English.

In 1979, he received a grant from the Fulbright Program to teach in Milan.

Awards and honors
In the early 1980s, Donaldson received fellowships from MacDowell. From the National Endowment for the Humanities, Donaldson was given fellowships for his Cheever book in 1984 and MacLeish book in 1990.

With Archibald MacLeish, Donaldson was a 1993 Ambassador Book Award recipient. Donaldson was given the 1996 MidAmerica Award from the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature for his writing career. This award was for "distinguished contributions to the scholarship and study of Midwestern literature."

Death and personal life
On December 1, 2020, Donaldson died from lung cancer in Scottsdale, Arizona. During his marriages, he had three children.