Background
Helbling, Robert Eugene was born on May 6, 1923 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Son of Emil and Senta (Lamm) Helbling. came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1954.
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Great accounts on Copernicus, Kepler, Galilei, Descartes, Bacon, Newton, Pope, Swift, Hume, Rousseau, Kant etc.
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comparative literature educator
Helbling, Robert Eugene was born on May 6, 1923 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Son of Emil and Senta (Lamm) Helbling. came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1954.
Diplom, Handelsschule Lucerne, 1943; Master of Arts, University Utah, 1949; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1958; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, summer 1961.
Junior executive, Rhode Island Geigy, Inc. Chemical Works, Basle, Switzerland, 1945-1947;
instructor department languages, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1950-1957;
assistant professor French, German and comparative literature, U. Utah, 1958-1961;
associate professor, U. Utah, 1962-1965;
professor, U. Utah, since 1966;
honors director, U. Utah, 1964-1966;
coordinator humanities program, U. Utah, 1958-1976;
department chairman languages, U. Utah, 1965-1977;
Reynolds lecturer and Distinguished Honors professor, U. Utah, since 1983. Visiting associate professor Long Island U., summer 1962.
Guest Foreign Ministry German Federal Republic, 1970.
(Great accounts on Copernicus, Kepler, Galilei, Descartes,...)
Served with Swiss Army, 1943-1945. Member American Association of University Professors (past chapter president), Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers German, American Association French Teachers, Association Departments Foreign Languages (executive committee 1973-1975, president 1974), Joint National Council for Languages (chairman 1975), Phi Beta Kappa (honorary), Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Delta Phi, Phi Sigma Iota, Sigma Delta Pi, Delta Phi Alpha.
Married Suzanne Ottinger, June 9, 1956.