at her home in Lighthouse Point, Florida.
Dr. Hampares was born to James F. and Chresanthe Hampares, May 24, 1932, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was the younger of two siblings, her beloved brother, A. James Hampares, an antitrust attorney for IBM, also deceased, in Denville, N. J. Dr. Hampares attended Central High School in Grand Rapids, Mich., earned a BA and MA at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She was awarded a fellowship to Columbia University where she earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Latin American Studies with her seminal dissertation: The Image of the Yankee: The North American Businessman in the Contemporary Novel Of Spanish America.
She had a long and distinguished teaching career of 32 years. She taught at New York University, Finch College where she was the Chairperson of the Department of Modern Languages and taught Spanish and French; Hunter College, CUNY, and at Baruch College, CUNY, where she was the Chair of the Dept. of Romance Languages, 1975. She is Professor Emeritus at Baruch College of the City University of New York. In 2014, the Finch College Alumnae awarded her the prestigious Jessica Cosgrave Lifetime Achievement Award. Author, co-author, scholar, philanthropist, lover of the arts and music, Dr. Hampares has also published extensibly in the fields of pedagogy, linguistics, lexicography. Among other publications, Spanish 3100: Steps to Mastery of Vocabulary, Spanish Graduate School Foreign Language Test Book; La Ranita, a bilingual series to introduce children to learning the Spanish language; Spanish 2400: A Programmed Review of Spanish Grammar, Harper and Row; Spanish: A Modular Approach, vols. I,II,III, Harper & Row; Paso a Paso, an intermediate building readind skills, Holt, , Rinehart, Winston. Dr. Hampares is the author of numerous scholarly articles and chapters in linguistic and cultural themes: “US Business in the Spanish American Novel”, in the Journal of Language for International Businesss, American Graduate School of International Management; “Gabriel García Márquez: A Synthesis of Inter-American Reality”, Revista de Literatura Hispana; “Linguistic and Cultural insights in Advertising” Modern Language Journal; “Sexism in Spanish Lexicography?, Hispania, among many others.
Dr. Hampares studied extensively abroad as a Fulbright Scholar, University of San Marcos, Lima, Perú; University of Valladolid, Spain; University of México, Mexico City. She was a multilingual scholar in English, Spanish, Greek, and French. She lectured nationally and internationally. She was the director of multiple grants for the National Endowment for the Humanities, titles III, VI, VII. A philanthropist of the arts, Met Opera Guild, American Ballet Theater, Spanish Flamenco Theater, she lived in Manhattan for 40 years. She was also a member of Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish Honor Society; Pi Lambda Theta, national life member; she is listed in The National Directory of Latin Americanists, Directory of American Scholars, Who’s Who of Women, International who’s Who in Education, Who’s Who of American Women, Personalities of America, Contemporary Authors, Charter member of the National Women’s History Museum, Washington, DC.
Dr. Hampares was predeceased by her parents, and brother. She has been a long standing parishioner of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church of Fort Lauderdale where they will be celebrating a service followed by the funeral, Monday 13, at 11:00 AM.
Dr. Hampares is survived by her cousins of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Pete and Maria Christopolous , Jimmy and Vasiliky Christopolous, Andrew, and Helene Christopolous of N. J; Lambro and Voula Christopolous of Greece and Lighthouse Point; Dean and Valerie Hampers, of Tampa, FL.
and her life time companion, Dr. N. E. Santos and son Alex, of Lighthouse Point..
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Katherine’s memory to St. Demetrius Greek Orthodox Church of Fort Lauderdale, 820 N.E 14th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304.
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