1960

June

• Bellairs completes graduates studies at the University of Chicago [1].

September

• 2- John graduated, M.A. (English), University of Chicago [1].
• Arthur Frank Burns, Professor of Economics at Columbia University, is commencement speaker [2].
• September
• John begins work as a part-time instructor in Department of English at Indiana University-Gary Center [1].

October

• Bellairs is in enrolled in classes at the University of Chicago for Autumn quarter [1][3].

Fall

• Bellairs meets Bernard Markwell at dorm meeting in Laughlin Hall [4].

Reference

• [1] University of Chicago Career Counseling and Placement booklet (Jul. 14, 1966).
• [2] "Speakers 1906-1969"; The University of Chicago Convocation.
• [3] Correspondence with University of Chicago Library Special Collections Research Center.
• [4] Correspondence with Bernard Markwell (2003).