08/16/2024
It is with great sadness that I write to let you know that Professor Helena Wall has passed away last week.
From History Department Chair Arash Khazeni:
"Helena taught early American History in the department from 1984 until her retirement in 2020. Her courses on the social history of Colonial America inspired generations of Pomona students, several of whom went on to study history in graduate school and entered the profession. She was also a generous colleague with junior faculty and staff, mentoring and supporting them as they came through the department. Helena’s own research was focused on social and family history in Colonial America. She studied with John Demos at Brandeis as an undergraduate and completed her PhD dissertation at Harvard in 1983 under the supervision of Bernard Bailyn, which became the basis of her book Fierce Communion: Family and Community in Early America.
Those of us who knew and worked with Helena admired her deeply for her tenacious and passionate character, devotion to her students, and abiding friendship. As our department moves toward the future, despite this sunset, her presence is not forgotten."
Emerita Professor of History [email protected] Office: Mason Hall 117 (909) 607-3907 With Pomona Since: 1984 Expertise Expertise Helena M. Wall specializes in the history of early America and American social history. She teaches courses on colonial and revolutionary America, captivity and ensla...
