Mildred Vorpahl Baass
Mildred Vorpahl Baass (April 15, 1917 – November 4, 2012) was an American poet. She served as the Poet Laureate of Texas from 1993 to 1995.[1]
Baass was born in San Antonio, Texas, on April 15, 1917, to Alfred H. Vorpahl Sr. and Ida M. Keller Vorpahl.[2] She was widowed during her first marriage when her husband, Lt. A. M. Hutchison Jr. of the Army Air Corps, was shot down and declared killed in action during World War II.[1][2] She married her second husband, Judge Alfred C. Baass, on May 9, 1946.[1] Baass had two daughters, Carol Sowa and Nancy Baass.[1]
A resident of Victoria, Texas, Mildred Vorpahl Baass died on November 4, 2012, at the age of 95.[1]
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- Dollilee Davis Smith (1943-1945)
- David Riley Russell (1945-1947)
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- Carlos Ashley (1949-1951)
- Arthur M. Sampley (1951-1953)
- Mildred Lindsey Raiborn (1953-1955)
- Pierre Bernard Hill (1955-1957)
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- Marvin Davis Winsett (1962)
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- William. E. Bard (1967)
- Kathryn Henry Harris (1968)
- Anne B. Marely (1969-1970)
- Robby K. Mitchell (1970-1971)
- Terry Fontenot (1971-1972)
- Mrs. Clark Gresham (1972-1973)
- Violette Newton (1973-1974)
- Lila Todd O'Neil (1974-1975)
- Ethel Osborn Hill (1975-1976)
- Florice Stripling Jeffers (1976-1977)
- Ruth Carruth (1977-1978)
- Patsy Stodghill (1978-1979)
- Dorothy B. Elfstroman (1979-1980)
- Weems S. Dykes (1980-1981)
- William D. Barney (1982-1983)
- Ruth E. Reuther (1987-1988)
- Vassar Miller (1988-1989)
- Mildred Vorpahl Baass (1993-1995)
- James Hoggard (2000)
- Walter McDonald (2001)
- Jack Elliott Myers (2003)
- Cleatus Rattan (2004)
- Alan Birkelbach (2005)
- Red Steagall (2006)
- Steven Fromholz (2007)
- Larry D. Thomas (2008)
- Paul Ruffin (2009)
- Karla K. Morton (2010)
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