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was born February 10, 1921 and died October 17, 2013.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

We are saddened to share that Henry Rudolph Immerwahr, emeritus professor, passed away on Sept. 15, 2013. Prof. Immerwahr's colleagues and former students remember the international scholar for his innovative intellect and sociable and patient personality.

Memorial services will be held 2 p.m. Oct. 5, 2013 at Carol Woods.

Born in Germany and educated at the University of Florence, the philologist continued his education at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. There, he met his wife, Sara Anderson Immerwahr. With the outbreak of war, Prof. Immerwahr immigrated to America in 1939, continuing his studies at Yale University and serving in the U.S. Army. After the war and a brief stint at Harvard University, the Herodotus scholar returned to Yale as a professor for ten years before migrating south to Chapel Hill in 1957.

Here, he and his wife became prominent academic and social fixtures in the department. He rose to the rank of full professor by 1963, and she taught part-time for the department before becoming an associate professor in the Department of Art.

"I have so many good memories, often of Henry and Sally together entertaining after evening lectures," Kenneth Reckford reflected in an email. "They were a wonderful team."

The congenial professor also helped those around him navigate academia. Prof. Reckford often reaped the bounty of Prof. Immerwahr's "old and new ways of thinking about Classics" over coffee and doughnuts in Lenoir Hall. "It helped me enormously to discuss Homer with him, and Herodotus and Thucydides, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Plato, but more than that: Henry helped me feel more comfortable personally, both in the scholarly world and in the University, than I had ever felt before. He was my mentor. My corruptor, too: I had never before been a coffee-drinker."

• Sara Anderson Immerwahr

With great sadness, the members of the Department of Classics at Grand Valley State University mourn the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Barbara Flaschenriem.

Barbara passed away on August 15, 2013, at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, following a long illness. Initially appointed in the Department of English in 1998, she became a founding member of the Department of Classics in 2000.

Professor Flaschenriem held the Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to joining Grand Valley, she held faculty appointments at Seton Hall University and Yale University. Her teaching and scholarship were informed by aspects of feminist theory focusing upon representations of women in Roman literature and society. Her writing was marked by great subtlety and intellectual grace. Colleagues and students cherished her unassuming but wry demeanor and her intense passion in the classroom. Prof. Flaschenriem was at work on a monumental study of the Roman poet Propertius that was left uncompleted at her death.

A memorial gathering was held at the Alumni House on GVSU's Allendale campus on Sunday, September 8.

It is with deep regret that the Department of Classics and Mediterranean studies announces the death of our former colleague Alexander MacGregor, retired associate professor of Classics specializing in Latin poetry. He passed away peacefully at his home in Chicago on August 8, 2013 after a brief but severe illness. He was a distinguished scholar and his love of teaching made him a gifted mentor, much admired by his students.

A Memorial service will be held at 10AM, on Saturday, September 14th at St. Ignatius Church in the Rogers Park neighborhood near Loyola. The service will be followed by a gathering of friends and family in the parish hall.

— Ward Briggs

http://lcsl.las.uic.edu/classics-mediterranean/news/2013/08/23/memorial-service-for-alexander-macgregor

• Obituary: lcsl.uic.edu

DAVID YOUNG

Pindarist and Olympic Historian

David C. Young, Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Florida (http://web.classics.ufl.edu/faculty/faculty_o/young.html), died February 5, 2013. An internationally recognized scholar of Pindar and a pioneer in the history of the Olympic games, David was recognized with a Lifetime Distinguished Scholar Award in 2007 by the International Society of Olympic Historians. He taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara (1963-1989) and was a visiting professor at Stanford (1974, 1976) and the University of Michigan (1973, 1983) before joining the faculty at the University of Florida where he was a beloved teacher who inspired students for twenty years.

The Department of Classics at the University of Florida will post information here http://web.classics.ufl.edu/index.html regarding a memorial service to be held in his honor in Gainesville, FL. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we may assist you to attend. Victoria Pagan, Professor and Chair, Department of Classics, University of Florida, 115C Dauer Hall, PO Box 117435, Gainesville, FL, 32611-7435; (352) 392-2075; vepagan@ufl.edu

— Ward Briggs

• vepagan@ufl.edu

GREGORY JOSEPH KNITTEL, Ph.D. 'DOC', beloved husband of Catherine A. (nee Lanning); dearest father of Matthew A. (Erin), Mary Therese Cory (Michael) and Peter J.; son of Roger F. and Anna Mary (deceased); brother of Sr. Mary Jo, O.P, Thomas R. (Kathleen) and Patricia A. Cost (Frank); loving son and brother-in-law to the Lanning family; uncle and great-uncle to many. Greg graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1967, attended the college of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, and graduated from John Carroll University with an A.B. in Classics in 1971. He earned an M.A. in Classics from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1974, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Kent State University in 1991. He taught Latin and Greek at St. Ignatius High School for 35 years, where he founded the school's soccer program, and was an adjunct professor of Education at John Carroll University. He was inducted into St. Ignatius' Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991 and again in 2001. Greg was a colleague and friend to many wonderful teachers and administrators in his thirty five years in education. Greg will be remembered as a great friend, an inspiring teacher, a devoted coach, and a generous mentor. He died on February 5, 2013 at home after enduring ALS with patience, courage, and faith for six years. For his last lesson, Greg donated his body to the Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute for research into the causes of and treatments for ALS. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT ST. MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION CHAPEL AT ST. IGNATIUS HIGH SCHOOL, (1911 West 30th St., Cleveland, Ohio 44113), FRIDAY, FEB. 15 FROM 3-7 P.M. A Memorial Mass will be at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, (East 9th St. and Superior Ave, Cleveland), SATURDAY, FEB. 16 at 1:00 p.m. (PLEASE NOTE DATES). Interment private. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Knittel Family Scholarship at St. Ignatius High School.