He was its first manager, and wrote several plays for the company, mainly historical pieces and light comedies. Robert Frost, who became the most successful of the men, returned to America on 13 February 1915. During his career as a poet he received four Pulitzer Prizes and was honored twice by the Senate.[3] During the presidential inauguration of John F. Kennedy, Frost recited his poem "The Gift Outright",[3] the first time that a poet had been so honored during an inauguration.