GRESSETH, Gerald K. Portland. Oregon 7.9.1918 — Salt Lake City 3.12.2003. U.S. IE and Classical Scholar. Son of Carl Otto Gresseth and Bernice Barnett. B.A. 1941 Reed College, then served in the navy. Ph.D. Berkeley. Taught at Stanford, then 38 years at University of Utah, where also teaching Sanskrit (in the late 1980s). Emeritus. Twice married, with Corinine Stuart (4 years only) and then long time with Marian Driggs (1935–2024), four daughters and one son.
Publications: Studies on Homer.
– “The Odyssey and the Nalopākhyāna”, TAPA 109, 1979, 63-85.
Sources: Brief obituary in Deseret News (www.deseretnews.com/article/1026913), in reed.edu and in legacy.com.