Karl Kroeber
Governing Board Member, SOF/Heyman, Columbia University (1991–2004)

Governing Board Member, SOF/Heyman, Columbia University (1991–2004)
Karl Kroeber (1926–2009) was an American literary scholar, known for his writing on the English Romantics and American Indian literature. He was the son of Theodora and Alfred L. Kroeber, noted anthropologists. His most recent book was an account of his father's famous work with Ishi: Ishi in Three Centuries.
He was professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. He wrote widely on literary criticism and its relationship to ecology, traditional literature, and art history.