Martin Luther D'Ooge came from a
Huguenot family, who emigrated from the Netherlands to the
United States of America around 1851 and settled in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. His father Leonard was a painter; his mother was born Johanna Quintus. His younger brother was the philologist
Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (1860–1940). D'Ooge studied Classical Philology at the
University of Michigan, to which he remained connected all his life. After being awarded his
bachelor's degree in 1862, he became headmaster of the
Ann Arbor High School in 1863, a position he held until 1865. From 1864 to 1867 he studied
theology at the
Union Theological Seminary, by which he was awarded a
master's degree in 1865. In 1867 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Ancient Languages at
Michigan State Normal School (later
Eastern Michigan University). However, he left after only one year, returning to the University of Michigan as Acting Professor of Greek language and literature. In 1870 he was appointed full Professor and received a two-year sabbatical, which he used for a long educational trip to Germany. There he deepened his knowledge, studying under the philologists
Georg Curtius and
Justus Hermann Lipsius, and with them was awarded a
Doctorate of Philosophy in 1872. On his return to the US, D'Ooge resumed his teaching activities at the University of Michigan. From 1889 to 1897 he was the Dean of the College of Literature and Science. During his career in Michigan, D'Ooge also participated in scientific associations. In 1869, he was a founder member of the
American Philological Association, and its president in 1883/84. In 1886/87 he was the yearly-appointed director of the
American School of Classical Studies at Athens. From 1889 to 1897 he was Dean of the College of Literature and Science. He retired in 1912. ==Awards==