Dr. Raymond Richard Fleming

Raymond was born on February 29, 1945, to Theodor and Ethel Fleming in Cleveland, Ohio.

Raymond graduated from Santa Monica High School. He then attended The University of Norte Dame where he received his Bachelor of Arts with a triple concentration in Modern Languages, Philosophy, and English. He then attended the Università degli Studi di Firenze (University of Florence), before receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Soon after his graduation he began his faculty career at the University of California San Diego. He then taught at the University of Luxembourg, Miami University (Ohio) and Penn State University before joining the faculty at Florida State University.

He received a Fulbright grant to Italy, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, a Ford Foundation Fellowship, an Alexander von Humboldt Europa Fellowship to Germany and England, an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, School of Criticism and Theory Fellowship (Northwestern).

He was also twice a recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities grants, as well as a recipient of the Ingram-Merrill Award for poetry and Djerassi Artist (poet) in Residence.

His extensive publication history included books, scholarly articles, reviews, translations and poems.

Raymond was predeceased by his son, Commander John Kenneth. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Nancy (Runge) and their sons Peter Carlton and Stephen Robert.

Ray's career required many years of travel to Italy and Germany for his research and the whole family tagged along. If Raymond and his family weren't in Italy for Ray's work, they went to the grandparents in Iowa. It was a favorite trip of everyone, especially the kids. Grandma had cable tv, Attari, a pool, all the pop you could drink, five cousins and big dogs.

Raymond will be cremated and will return to Iowa to be buried with the rest of the summer clan.