Background
Chalmers, Roberta Teale Swartz was born on June 9, 1903 in Brooklyn. Daughter of William King and Carrie (Teale) Swartz.
English language educator poet
Chalmers, Roberta Teale Swartz was born on June 9, 1903 in Brooklyn. Daughter of William King and Carrie (Teale) Swartz.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Mount Holyoke College, 1925. Doctor of Letters, Mount Holyoke College, 1937. Master of Arts, Radcliffe-Harvard University, 1926.
Bachelor of Literature, Oxford University, 1929.
Teacher English, Bancroft School, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1926-1927; instructor, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1929-1931; assistant professor, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1931-1934; associate professor, Rockford (Illinois) College, 1934-1937; associate professor, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio., 1942-1945; visiting lecturer, Wellesley (Massachusetts) College, 1956-1957; associate Professor of English, Queens College, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1959-1968. Judge various contests.
President Rockford College, 1934-1937, Kenyon College, 1937-1956. Member American Association of University Professors, Poetry Society of America, Harvard Club, Wellesley Club.
Married Gordon Keith Chalmers, September 3, 1929 (deceased May 1956). Children: Geoffrey Teale, Ann Maynard, John Putnam, Stephen Everett.