Education
He graduated from Cornell University in 1919.
He graduated from Cornell University in 1919.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is a graduate of the Brooklyn Boys High School. He earned an Master of Arts from Cornell in 1920 and worked for seven years at the New York Public Library. In 1933 he earned his Doctor of Philosophy at Columbia University.
Hettich joined the faculty of New York University in 1927 as Professor of Classics, taught there for many years, and served as Director of Libraries.
From 1943 - 1947 he served as director of training for the United States Army, specialist training program, foreign area and language sertion at New York University. He had one son, Bedrich V. Hettich (1922-2012).
He was author of the widely used textbook, Latin fundamentals (Prentice Hall), and A study in ancient nationalism: the testimony of Eurípides (Bayard Presse, 1933).