EDUCATION
Dissertation: "The Literary Use of the Homeric Hapax Legomena by Euripides and Apollonius Rhodius"
Ph.D., 1974, The Ohio State University
M.A., 1972, The Ohio State University
B.A., 1968, Luther College


RESEARCH INTERESTS
Professor Kumpf continues to work on a book on ancient Greek wrestling; tentative title: No Dust on the Shoulders: A Study of Ancient Greek Wrestling and Its Influence.


RECENT PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Book review of Johann Heinrich Alsted, 1558-1638: Between Renaissance, Reformation and Universal Reform by Howard Hotson (Oxford, 2000) was published in the spring 2003 issue of Neo-Latin News.

• Four Indices of the Homeric Hapax Legomena together with Statistical Data (Alpha-Omega Series) Georg Olms Verlag (Hildesheim, Germany), 1984