ANN ARBOR—Ted-Larry Pebworth, professor of English at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, was given the emeritus title by the U-M Regents at their April 15-16 meeting.

Prof. Pebworth, who joined the Dearborn faculty in 1971, “has published widely on 17th-century English literature and on textual theory,” the Regents noted. “Among his books are studies of Ben Jonson and Owen Felltham, as well as editions of Felltham, Jonson, and collections of essays on numerous l7th-century figures and topics. He is a senior textual editor and member of the advisory board of the Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne and is a past president of the John Donne Society. His honors include the U-M-Dearborn’s outstanding Faculty Research Award, the John Donne Society’s Distinguished Publication Award, and Michigan Association of Governing Boards of State Universities’ Distinguished Faculty Award.”