Background
Rupp, Theodore Hanna was born on October 22, 1915 in Windham, New York, United States. Son of Theodore Franklin and Mary Zelia (Hanna) Rupp.
wrestling coach French language educator
Rupp, Theodore Hanna was born on October 22, 1915 in Windham, New York, United States. Son of Theodore Franklin and Mary Zelia (Hanna) Rupp.
Bachelor, Franklin and Marshall College, 1935. Master of Arts, Pennsylvania State University, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1954.
Postgraduate, Sorbonne, University de Montpellier, France, 1953. Postgraduate, University de Besançon, France, 1965.
Teacher, coach, Franklin & Marshall Academy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1935-1943;
teacher, coach, Solebury School, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1943;
teacher, coach, Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, 1943-1944;
teacher, coach, department chairman, Millersville (Pennsylvania) University of Pennsylvania, 1946-1982;
teacher, Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Area College, 1946-1948;
teacher, York College of Pennsylvania, 1982-1987;
teacher, Elizabethtown (Pennsylvania) College, 1987-1988;
teacher, Millersville U. French Summer School, since 1967. Resident director West Chester Junior Year Abroad, Besançon, France, 1964-1965. Founder, director Millersville (Pennsylvania) Graduate Foreign Language Summer School, 1967-1979.
Associate advisory coach wrestling Millersville U., since 1993. Consultant development office Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, since 1978.
Lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, retired. Member Modern Language Association, Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association (president 1964-1967, editor The Bulletin 1970-1990, Educator of Year 1975), American Association Teachers French, American Association College and University Professors (president local chapter 1954), International Arthurian Society, International Courtly Literature Society, The Military Officers Association, Lancaster Road Runners Club (honorary life), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi (honorary), Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Married Earla Mary Roberts, August 11, 1940 (deceased February 11, 2007). Children: Carol Roberts Rupp Licastro, Patricia Hanna Rupp Solomon.