Background
Irwin received his Bachelor's Degree in English at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Following a stint in the US Navy, he received his Master's degree and Ph.D. in English from Rice University. He began his teaching career as an assistant professor in the English department at Johns Hopkins University in 1970, but left Johns Hopkins in 1974 to become the editor of The Georgia Review at the University of Georgia Dr. Irwin returned to Johns Hopkins to become professor and chair of The Writing Seminars department. After that he accepted a joint appointment in the English department and received an endowed chair, the Decker Professorship in the Humanities, in 1984.
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