Background
Gamer, Helena Margaret was born on December 24, 1900 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Charles Louis and Magdalena (Gamer) Gamer.
Gamer, Helena Margaret was born on December 24, 1900 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Charles Louis and Magdalena (Gamer) Gamer.
Student American
Instructor, Latin and Greek, Saint Xavier College, Chicago, 1926-1932. Instructor Latin, Mount Holyoke College, 1932-1933. Instructor Latin, German and ancient history Mount Holyoke-in-Hartford, Connecticut, 1933-1934.
Instructor German, Mount Holyoke College, 1934-1936, assistant professor, 1936-1938.
Instructor German, University of Chicago, 1938-1940, assistant professor and acting department chairman German, 1940-1943. Associate professor, department chairman Germanic languages and literature, 1943-1948, professor, since 1948, department chairman, 1948-1956, Chairman of Commission on medieval studies, since 1963.
Exchange professor of University Frankfurt, Germany, 1949-1950. Edward L. Ryerson traveling fellow in Roman archaeology, 1930-1931, Order North Star, Swedish Government, 1957.
Commander’s Cross Order of Merit Federal Republic of Germany.
Helena Margaret Gamer fellowship established in her honor University of Chicago, 1965.
Member American Philological Association, Modern Language Association American (member of commission on trends, 1954-1956). Club: Quadrangle (Chicago).