John Knowlton, 87, passed away on October 13, 2012. He served in WWII in the Pacific Theatre as a signalman. He then received his undergraduate degree from Lewis and Clark College. Later, he received a National Defense Education Act Fellowship to complete his Masters and PhD degrees from the University of Oregon, and during that time traveled to Venezuela on a Fulbright scholarship. In 1964 he and his wife came to Arizona, where he became a professor of Spanish literature at ASU. He made numerous trips to Spain where he met many Spanish poets, including Vicente Aleixandre, a 1977 Nobel Prize laureate for literature, and returned with recordings of them to share with his students. He retired in 1992 and enjoyed many years of hiking and travel. John is survived by his wife, Anita Garman Knowlton, a son and three grandchildren.