- Date Of Birth: March 9, 1922
- Date Of Death: June 13, 2016
- State: Connecticut
Dr. Gregory Rabassa, renowned teacher, scholar, and translator, died June 13, 2016 in Branford, CT. He was 94. Dr. Rabassa was born March 9, 1922 in Yonkers, NY to Clara Macfarland, of NY, and Mr. Miguel Rabassa, of Cienfuegos, Cuba. He grew up in Hanover, NH, where his parents operated a popular inn known as the Villaclara Farm. Graduating from Hanover HS in 1940, he attended Dartmouth College. When the United States entered World War II, Dr. Rabassa, still in college, volunteered for the Enlisted Reserve Corps. Called up before he could graduate, Dr. Rabassa, who had taken his comprehensive examinations in Romance Languages, was six points short of graduation. It was while he was involved with the Fifth Army in the European campaign that, much to his surprise, Dr. Rabassa received his diploma in the mail.
