Background
Heffner, ROe-MErrill SEcrist was born on August 25, 1892 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Wesley and Dora Ellen (Secrist) Heffner.
Heffner, ROe-MErrill SEcrist was born on August 25, 1892 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Wesley and Dora Ellen (Secrist) Heffner.
AB, Wittenberg College, 1913. AM, Wittenberg College, 1915. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Wittenberg College, 1954.
AM, Harvard University, 1916. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1925.
Instructor Latin and German, Wittenberg College, 1913-1915; instructor German, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1916-1918; instructor German, Harvard University, 1922-1927, 28-36; assistant professor, Harvard University, 1936-1938; associate professor, University of Wisconsin, 1938-1939; professor, University of Wisconsin, from 1939; department chairman, University of Wisconsin, 1946-1962.
Lieutenant Signal corpus, United States army, 1918-1919. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Modern Language Association, Linguistic Society of America, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.
Married Susan Thomas, September 15, 1924.