Background
Haile, Getatchew was born on April 19, 1931 in Shenkora, Shewa, Ethiopia. Came to the United States, 1976. Son of Haile Woldeyes and Asseggedetch Wolde Yohannes.
Haile, Getatchew was born on April 19, 1931 in Shenkora, Shewa, Ethiopia. Came to the United States, 1976. Son of Haile Woldeyes and Asseggedetch Wolde Yohannes.
Bachelor's Degree, Coptic Theological College, Cairo, 1957. Bachelor, American University at Cairo, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, Tübingen (Federal Republic Germany) University, 1962.
Advisor Middle Eastern affairs, Ethiopian Ministry Foreign Affairs, Addis Ababa, 1962;
professor Ethiopian studies, Addis Ababa U., 1962-1973;
member parliament, State of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 1974-1975;
cataloguer Oriental manuscripts Hill Monastic Manuscript Library., St. John's U., Collegeville, Minnesota, since 1976;
regents professor medieval studies, St. John's U., Collegeville, Minnesota, since 1988. Co-editor Acta Ethiopica, 1974-1989.
Member international advisory board Journal Ethiopian Studies, since 1991, Ethiopian Journal of Education, since 1992. Contributing editor Northeast Africian Studies. Member of advisory board Analecta Bellandiana, since 1993, Aethiopica, Zeitschrift für Äthiopistische Studien, since 1996.
Executive editor Ethiopian Register, since 1994. Author monographs and contributor articles to scholarly journals.
Member Center Committee of World Council of Churches, Geneva, 1968-1974. Member of advisory bd.Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Addis Ababa, 1973-1974. Corresponding fellow British Academy.
Member American Oriental Society.
Married Misrak Emitu Amare, July 12, 1964. Children: Rebecca, Sossina, Elizabeth, Dawit, Mariam-Sena, Yohannes.