Background

Hellstrom, Ward was born on February 2, 1930 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Klaus Edward and Bernice Lois (Tompkins) Hellstrom.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1952; Master of Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1961.

Career

From assistant professor to professor, department chairman English, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1961-1981; dean of Arts, Humanities, and Social Science, Western Kentucky U., Bowling Green, 1981-1992; Professor of English, Western Kentucky U., Bowling Green, since 1992.

Achievements

• Ward Hellstrom has been listed as a noteworthy English educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • On the Poems of Tennyson

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  • Children & childhood in the 19th century, in England and America

Membership

Member Southeast 19th Century Studies Association (board directors 1982), Kiwanis (president 1987-1988, chairman hospice board directors 1990-1995).

Connections

Married Phyllis Joan Wyman (divorced 1979). Children: Thomas Benthin, Lory Doty, Joshua Klaus, Nathaniel, Zachary. Married Mary Louise Robinson, October 16, 1980.

1 child, Tammi Brown.

Father:

Klaus Edward Hellstrom

Mother:

Bernice Lois (Tompkins) Hellstrom

Spouse:

Phyllis Joan Wyman

Spouse:

Mary Louise Robinson

child:

Zachary Hellstrom

child:

Nathaniel Hellstrom

child:

Joshua Klaus Hellstrom

child:

Tammi Brown Hellstrom

child:

Lory Doty Hellstrom

child:

Thomas Benthin Hellstrom