Dr. Curry joined the faculty of the university in 1935 in the English Department, where he served until his retirement in 1978. From 1968 to 1976, he was assistant director of graduate studies in English. He gained recognition as a specialist in English literature of the Romantic Period. His most important books are the standard edition of the New Letters of Robert Southey (2 vols., 1965), Southey (1975), and Sir Walter Scott’s Edinburgh Annual Register (1977). He also wrote numerous articles in learned journals, encyclopedias, and collections of essays. In 1989 he wrote the history of the English Department of the university. His contributions to the intellectual life of the university have been recognized by placement of a plaque in his honor on a faculty study.