David McCord



David Thompson Watson McCord (November 15, 1897 - April 13, 1997) was an American poet, and college fundraiser.

Life
McCord was born in New York City and grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and rural Oregon. He earned a B.A. and an MA from Harvard University.

His work appeared in Harper's,

He was executive director of the Harvard College Fund, raising millions of dollars.

Recognition
Two collections of his poems, The Star in the Pail and One at a Time were 1976 and 1978 finalists for the National Book Award, Children's Literature.
 * Golden Rose Award
 * 1954 Guggenheim Fellowship
 * 1961 National Institute of Arts and Letters grant
 * 1977, the first national award for Excellence in Poetry for Children from the National Council of Teachers of English
 * Rudyard Kipling Fellow at Marlboro College in Vermont
 * Benjamin Franklin Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts in London

Poetry

 * About Boston: sight, sound, flavor & inflection, Doubleday, 1948
 * About Boston: sight, sound, flavor & inflection, Doubleday, 1948
 * About Boston: sight, sound, flavor & inflection, Doubleday, 1948
 * About Boston: sight, sound, flavor & inflection, Doubleday, 1948
 * About Boston: sight, sound, flavor & inflection, Doubleday, 1948