Albert Alexander Kipa

Background

Kipa, Albert Alexander was born on September 10, 1939 in Kiev, Ukraine. Son of Wadym and Alla (Divishek) Kipa. came to the United States, 1951.

Education

Bachelor, City College of New York, 1962; AM, University of Pennsylvania, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1972.

Career

Lecturer, City College of New York, New York City, 1962; teaching fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1962-1964; teaching fellow, Albert-Ludwigs U., Freiburg, Germany, 1964-1965; from instructor to assistant professor to associate professor, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1966-1979; professor, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, since 1979; director humanities program, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1981-1983; head department foreign languages and literature, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1989-1993, 97-; J. & F. Saeger professor comparative literature, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, since 1996.

Achievements

• Albert Alexander Kipa has been listed as a noteworthy Foreign language and literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Gerhart Hauptmann in Russia 1889-1917;: Reception and impact (Hamburger philologische Studien, 31)

Membership

Member National Advisory Council on Ethnic Heritage Studies, Washington, 1980-1982;president of the board directors Ukrainian Heritage School, Philadelphia, 1984-1994. Member Modern Language Association (delegate assembly 1983-1985), American Association Teachers of German (president chapter president assembly 1974), Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association (president 1990-1992), Shevchenko Science Society, Ukrainian Academy of Arts & Sciences (vice president since 1998).

Interests

• Piano, stamp collecting/philately.

Connections

Married Oksana A. Smulka, June 4, 1966. Children: Marko W., Dimitri O.

Father:

Wadym Kipa

Mother:

Alla (Divishek) Kipa

Spouse:

Oksana A. Smulka

child:

Marko W. Kipa

child:

Dimitri O. Kipa