Desiderata - Max Ehrmann

Max Ehrmann (September 26, 1872 - September 9, 1945) was an American spiritual writer and attorney from Terre Haute, Indiana, best known for his 1927 prose poem "Desiderata" (Latin: "things desired").
Ehrmann received a degree in English from DePauw University (1894) where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta's Beta Beta chapter. Later he studied philosophy and law at Harvard.
He returned to his hometown of Terre Haute, Indiana in 1898 to practice law; he was a deputy state's attorney in Vigo County, Indiana for two years. Eventually this led him to work in his family's meatpacking business and in the overalls manufacturing industry. At age 40, Ehrmann left the business to write. At age 54, he wrote Desiderata, which achieved fame only after his death.
Ehrmann was of German descent; both his parents emigrated from Bavaria in the 1840s. Young Ehrmann was educated at the Terre Haute Fourth District School and the German Methodist Church. While at De Pauw (Greencastle, Indiana 1890—1894), he was editor of the school newspaper, Depauw Weekly. At Harvard about 1896, he was editor of Delta Tau Delta's national magazine Rainbow. DePauw awarded him a Doctor of Letters honorary degree in about 1937. Delta Tau Delta elected him to Distinguished Service Chapter, its highest alumni award.

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