Background
Wolfe, Ethyle Renee was born on March 14, 1919 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Daughter of Max M. and Rose (Saiger) Wolfe.
Wolfe, Ethyle Renee was born on March 14, 1919 in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Daughter of Max M. and Rose (Saiger) Wolfe.
Bachelor, University Vermont, 1940. Master of Arts, University Vermont, 1942. Postgraduate, Bryn Mawr College, 1942—1943.
Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1950. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), City University of New York, 1989. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Iona College, 1989.
Teaching fellow, U. Vermont, 1940-1942;
research fellow Latin, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) College, 1942-1943;
instructor classics, Brooklyn College, 1947-1949;
instructor classical languages, Brooklyn College, 1949-1954;
assistant professor, Brooklyn College, 1954-1959;
associate professor, Brooklyn College, 1960-1968;
professor, Brooklyn College, since 1968;
acting department chairman classics and comparative literature, Brooklyn College, 1962-1963;
department chairman, Brooklyn College, 1967-1972;
dean, Brooklyn College (School Humanities), 1971-1978;
Executive officer Humanities Institute, Brooklyn College, 1980-1989;
provost Vice-President for academic affairs, Brooklyn College, 1982-1988;
provost emeritus, Brooklyn College, since 1989. Member Executive Committee, Chairman of Commission on undergraduate affairs, commission on university-wideprograms CUNY faculty senate. Member study group American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1987-1989.
Director Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education-funded Center for Core Studies, 1987-1988. Co-chair senate report, Chancellor's College Preparatory Initiative, 1991. Member executive com for publication: The Liberal art of science: Agenda for Action:, director National Core Visitors Programs, 1985-1989.
Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities Brooklyn College named in honor,1989. Member Columbia University Seminar in Classical Civilization. Member American Philological Association, Archeological Institute American, Vergilian Society American, Classical Association Atlantic States (Executive Committee), American Society Papyrologists, New York.Classical Club (past president), Phi Beta Kappa (past president Rho chapter, president 1988-1990).
Married Coleman Hamilton Benedict, December 4, 1954.