Elizabeth Hazelton Haight

Born in Auburn, New York, in 1872, Elizabeth Hazelton Haight studied at Vassar College, earned her master's degree there, and later completed a Ph.D. at Cornell. She taught at several schools before returning to Vassar, where she spent most of her career and became a prominent member of the college's faculty.

Haight was known for her work as a classical scholar, especially in Latin and in the study of ancient prose fiction and romance. She wrote and edited a number of books, including studies of Roman anecdotes, Latin elegiac poets, and Greek romances, as well as work connected with Vassar's history.

She also played an important role in the wider world of classical scholarship. Haight served as president of the American Philological Association, becoming one of the first women to hold that office, and she was noted at Vassar for helping bring refugee scholars from Nazi Germany to campus in the 1930s. She died in 1964, remembered as both a serious scholar and a dedicated teacher.