Arturo Islas
Writer, Author
1938 – 1991
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Who was Arturo Islas?
Arturo Islas, Jr., a native of El Paso, Texas, was a professor of English and a novelist, writing about the experience of Chicano cultural duality.
He received three degrees from Stanford: a B.A. in 1960, a Masters in 1963 and a Ph.D. in 1971, when he joined the Stanford faculty. Islas was one of the first Chicanos in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in English. In 1976, he became the first Chicano faculty member to receive tenure at Stanford.
Islas died on February 15, 1991 from complications related to AIDS.
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