Background
Waller, Martha S. was born on June 27, 1920 in Beijing. Came to the United States, 1923. Daughter of William Warren and Susan Reed Stifler.
Waller, Martha S. was born on June 27, 1920 in Beijing. Came to the United States, 1923. Daughter of William Warren and Susan Reed Stifler.
Bachelor, Mount Holyoke College, 1941. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1973.
Research analyst United States Army Signal Corps, Arlington, Virginia, 1942-1944. Teacher Orchard Country Day School, Indianapolis, 1959-1961. Assistant professor English Indiana Central College, 1962-1971, associate professor English, 1971-1974, Butler University, Indianapolis, 1974-1979, professor English, 1979-1981, Demia Butler Professor, 1981-1989, professor emerita, since 1989.
Linguistics consultant, business and law firms, Indianapolis, 1960-1989. Lecturer, local groups, Indianapolis and Rushville, Indiana. Presenter International Medieval Studies Congress, Kalamazoo, 1991.
Member graduate fellowships committee Mount Holyoke College, 1974-1977.
Member of Modern Language Association, New Chaucer Society (assistant bibliographer 1977—2003, presenter Philadelphia 1986), Medieval Academy American, Mount Holyoke Alumnae Association, Los Angeles, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married George MacGregor Waller, October 16, 1943. Children: Susan, Marguerite, Elizabeth, Donald, Richard.