The San Jacinto Chapter
of the
The Poetry Society of Texas
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Our Founder
Carolyn Dayle Perry
October 18, 1917 -
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Carolyn Perry, poet, critic and teacher, founded the San Jacinto Chapter of The Poetry Society of Texas in 1982. She was a graduate of Henderson High School, attended Baylor University, Stephen F. Austin University, and held a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts from North Texas University. She completed her doctorate residence at the University of Houston and attended Exeter College, Oxford University in England on an I.I.E. Scholarship. On November 22, 2002, the City of Pasadena, Texas, along with her beloved poetry society, declared that day to be Carolyn Perry Day.
