In Memoriam 2015–16
- Sanford Scribner Ames, University of Cincinnati, 1 January 2016
- Srinivas Aravamudan, Duke University, 13 April 2016
- Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University, 9 January 2016
- Marta Barolin, Seaford, DE, 25 September 2014
- Rebecca Basham, Rider University, 22 July 2015
- Martin C. Battestin, University of Virginia, 15 May 2015
- Millicent Bell, Boston University, 6 August 2015
- Clifford Albrecht Bernd, University of California, Davis, 19 December 2015
- Raymond G. Biggar, Boston College, 30 September 2015
- Christoper Bloss, Auburn University, Auburn, 26 January 2016
- Mildred V. Boyer, University of Texas, Austin, 22 May 2015
- Svetlana Boym, Harvard University, 5 August 2015
- Joseph L. Brockington, Kalamazoo College, 10 August 2015
- Frieda S. Brown, Michigan State University, 24 January 2015
- The Reverend Kenneth J. Brown, Saint Patrick’s Parish, CA, 23 May 2015
- Shasta M. Bryant, Wake Forest University, 10 June 2015
- Van A. Burd, State University College of New York, Cortland, 7 November 2015
- Eduardo Chirinos, University of Montana, Missoula, 17 February 2016
- Howard W. Clarke, University of California, Santa Barbara, 24 January 2015
- Ralph Cohen, University of Virginia, 22 February 2016
- Marie Katheryn Connelly, Cuyahoga Community College, Western Campus, OH, 15 November 2015
- George H. Cook, Harry S. Truman College, City Colleges of Chicago, 17 April 2016
- Leo Cooley, Fordham University, Marymount Campus, 25 August 2015
- Claudia Corradini, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, 29 April 2015
- Sidney M. B. Coulling, Washington and Lee University, 22 February 2016
- Robert Payson Creed, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 21 November 2015
- John Lasley Dameron, University of Memphis, 27 June 2016
- Frank N. Dauster, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 3 October 2015
- Eddy Dow, Rutgers University, Camden, 9 June 2015
- David A. Downes, California State University, Chico, 30 April 2015
- Angela Elliott, Centenary College, NJ, 23 August 2015
- John M. Fein, Duke University, 18 August 2015
- John Irwin Fischer, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 15 May 2015
- Joseph J. Foley, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, 8 September 2015
- Brett Foster, Wheaton College, IL, 9 November 2015
- Consuela Francis, College of Charleston, 9 May 2016
- Marilyn Gaddis Rose, Binghamton University, State University of New York, 15 November 2015
- René N. Girard, Stanford University, 4 November 2015
- John Lemuel Guest, Millsaps College, 21 March 2016
- Russell George Hamilton, Vanderbilt University, 27 February 2016
- Barbara Hardy, University of London, Birkbeck College, 12 February 2016
- James L. Harner, Texas A&M University, College Station, 26 May 2016
- Robert Wyman Hartle, Emory University and Queens College, City University of New York, 24 May 2015
- Geoffrey H. Hartman, Yale University, 14 March 2016
- David Geddes Hartwell, Pleasantville, NY, 20 January 2016
- Donald S. Heines, Cape Cod Community College, MA, 12 March 2015
- G. H. Hertling, University of Washington, Seattle, 19 January 2014
- Philip H. Highfill, Jr., George Washington University, 17 May 2014
- Charles G. Hill, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 7 June 2015
- Chris H. Hokanson, Judson College, 15 August 2015
- Michael Holquist, Yale University and Columbia University, 26 June 2016
- William J. Hyde, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, 23 January 2015
- Peter Jacoby, San Diego Mesa College, CA, 13 October 2015
- Lee B. Jennings, University of Illinois, Chicago, 3 January 2015
- Edna L. Johnston, Barton College, 14 July 2015
- Laurence Joel Kabat, Bergvliet, South Africa, 6 March 2015
- Carol V. Kaske, Cornell University, 15 June 2016
- Edmund Kostka, Juilliard School, 3 March 2014
- Elpidio Laguna-Diaz, Rutgers University, Newark, 25 January 2016
- Ilse D. Lind, New York University, 5 April 2014
- Andreas Lixl, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 24 December 2015
- Roger W. Lundin, Wheaton College, IL, 13 November 2015
- John L. Mahoney, Boston College, 1 September 2015
- Terence Martin, Indiana University, Bloomington, 26 May 2016
- Maurice Maryanow, Troy University, Montgomery, and United States Air Force, Montgomery, AL, 13 April 2015
- Julio Matas, University of Pittsburgh, 30 December 2015
- Gita May, Columbia University, 29 January 2016
- J. Marie McCleary, Texas Southern University, 9 September 2015
- Russ McDonald, University of London, Goldsmiths College, 1 July 2016
- William U. McDonald, Jr., University of Toledo, 13 January 2016
- James Vincent McEnery, Mount Saint Mary College, 24 December 2015
- Jack McLaughlin, Clemson University, 21 November 2015
- Nancy D. McLaurin, Pfeiffer University, 13 November 2015
- James Vincent McMahon, Emory University, 14 February 2016
- E. Leo McMannus, Miami-Dade College, North Campus, FL, 18 November 2015
- John Bard McNulty, Trinity College, 4 September 2015
- Michael H. Means, University of Dayton, 29 October 2015
- Michael A. Mikolajczak, University of Saint Thomas, MN, 11 January 2016
- James A. Miller, George Washington University, 19 June 2015
- Thomas Colborn Moser, Sr., Stanford University, 9 June 2016
- Marcel N. Muller, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 14 October 2015
- Amelia Clara Murdoch, National Museum of Language, 16 January 2015
- James Graham Nelson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 10 April 2015
- John Neubauer, University of Amsterdam, 5 October 2015
- Stephen Jan Parker, University of Kansas, 14 March 2016
- Paul W. Peterson, Gannon University, 19 January 2015
- Leland Richter Phelps, Duke University, 15 May 2014
- Gertrud Bauer Pickar, University of Houston, 29 October 2015
- Robert Harold Price, Sam Houston State University, 6 January 2015
- Gregory Rabassa, Queens College and Graduate Center, City University of New York, 13 June 2016
- K. S. Narayana Rao, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 29 September 2015
- John A. Rassias, Dartmouth College, 2 December 2015
- Bernard Rechtschaffen, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering, 19 March 2015
- Brewster Rogerson, Kansas State University, 26 May 2015
- Daniel Stearns Russell, University of Pittsburgh, 10 April 2016
- Lawrence A. Sasek, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 7 April 2015
- Jeannelle Savona, University of Toronto, Trinity College, 19 August 2015
- John Seelye, University of Florida, 20 April 2015
- Priscilla W. Shaw, University of California, Santa Cruz, Stevenson College, 21 July 2015
- William H. Shuford, Lenoir-Rhyne University, 1 August 2015
- Carole Greta Silver, Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women, 3 January 2015
- Walter Herbert Sokel, University of Virginia, 21 February 2014
- Robert M. Stein, State University College of New York, Purchase, 24 April 2015
- Thomas Stokes, Wabash College, 7 July 2015
- Wilfred H. Stone, Stanford University, 11 June 2015
- Albrecht B. Strauss, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 7 May 2015
- Donald R. Swanson, Wright State University, 17 September 2015
- Larry E. Syndergaard, Western Michigan University, 15 April 2015
- Gerda Taranow, Connecticut College, 27 January 2015
- Carole Anne Taylor, Bates College, 11 March 2015
- Charles Tomlinson, University of Bristol, 22 August 2015
- Simon Anselmus Vosters, Breda, Netherlands, 24 April 2015
- Donald J. Weinstock, California State University, Long Beach, 4 January 2016
- Glenn Edwin Welliver, DePauw University, 8 November 2015
- Charles W. Wendell, Kean University, 29 June 2015
- James Wiedner, University of Texas, Austin, 16 December 2014
- Elie Wiesel, Boston University, 2 July 2016
- Edward B. Williams, Northeastern University, 7 November 2014
- Kent Williamson, National Council of Teachers of English, 7 June 2015
- Anthony C. Yu, University of Chicago, 12 May 2015