World Languages and Cultures

Faculty Emeriti

• Linda C. DeMeritt B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., University of Illinois; Ph.D., Michigan State University.
• Courtenay Dodge B.A., Juniata College; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Modern French poetry; generative grammar.
• Peter Ensberg B.A., Universität Köln; M.A., Universität Trier; Ph.D., Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz. Aesthetic theory, 19th- and 20th-century literature.
• James C. Hogan B.A., University of Oklahoma; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University. Classical Studies.
• Karen Richter B.A., M.A. Syracuse University. Center for Language and Culture.
• Jochen Richter Philosophicum, Kiel University; M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University. German language, 20th-century German literature; applied linguistics.
• Mary C. Wagner B.A., Louisiana State University; M.A., M.Phil., Columbia University. French language and Francophone studies.
• Phillip Wolfe B.A., Hamilton College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University.

The Legacy of Dr. Blair Hanson 

Blair Hanson was Professor of French at Allegheny for forty-two years (1939-81), and chairperson of the Department of Modern Languages for over a quarter of a century (1954-81). Her bequest to the Department, together with additional funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Allegheny College, created the Language Learning Center (LLC) in 1998, in renovated space on the third floor of Ruter Hall, the second building erected on the Allegheny campus, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
This space currently accommodates a high-tech classroom, two workstations with printers open to all students, offices, restrooms, as well as a lounge/reading area.

The spirit of Dr. Hanson lives on as we continuously strive to improve facilities in the department she loved and served so well.