Helena Percas de Ponseti

Background

Ponseti, Helena Percas de was born on January 17, 1921 in Valencia, Spain. Came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1950.

Education

Baccalaureat, Paris, France, 1939; Bachelor of Arts, Barnard College, 1942; Master of Arts, Columbia, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1951.

Career

Teacher language and literature, Barnard College, 1942-1943; Teacher language and literature, Russell Sage College, 1943-1945; Teacher language and literature, Columbia University, 1945-1947; Teacher language and literature, Queens College, 1946-1948; member of faculty, Grinnell College, since 1948; professor language and literature, Grinnell College, since 1957; Roberts Honor professor modern foreign languages, Grinnell College, 1961-1962; Richards professor modern foreign languages, Grinnell College, 1963-1982; professor emerita, Grinnell College, since 1982.

Achievements

• Helena Percas de Ponseti has been listed as a noteworthy Foreign language and literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Cervantes Society American (founding member, associate editor journal Cervantes1981), Asociacion de Cervantistas Alcala de Henares Spain, 1987 (charter).

Connections

M. Ignacio V. Ponseti, 1961.