Professor Heinrich A. Stammler (1912-2006)

[Greenberg, Marc L]

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures regrets the passing of Emeritus Professor Heinrich A. Stammler (15 Dec. 1912-29 Nov. 2006).
 
Prof. Stammler was born in Jena, Germany. He attended Humanistisches Gymnasium at Hanover and Greifswald, Germany, and, while still in Greifswald he attended the University of Greifswald, and later those in Prague and Munich, where he received his Ph.D. in 1937. He was attached to the German embassies in Moscow and Sofia, Bulgaria and later emigrated to the U.S. in 1953. An assistant professor at Northwestern University from 1954 to 1960, he became an associate professor at Kansas University in 1960. In 1962 he became chair of the newly created Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. His fields of research and special interests were Slavic literary and intellectual history, comparative literature and Orthodoxy. He was a visiting professor at various universities in the United States and abroad. He published numerous articles in academic journals in the U.S. and Europe, and was a translator and poet. He is survived by his wife Ursula Hoffman Stammler; daughter Andrea Lewis and her husband Patrick; son Christopher Stammler and his wife Kathren; and three grandchildren, Annika and Aidan Lewis and Elijah Stammler.
 
[For further information or questions, please contact Prof. Edith W. Clowes, Slavic Dept. eclowes at ku.edu <mailto:eclowes at ku.edu> ]
 
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Marc L. Greenberg 
Professor and Chair 
Department of Slavic Languages and Literature 
University of Kansas 
1445 Jayhawk Blvd., Rm. 2133 
Lawrence, KS 66045-7590 
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Tel: (785) 864-3313 (Slavic Dept. office) 
      (785) 864-2349 (voice mail) 
Fax: (785) 864-4298 (Write: "Attn: M. L. Greenberg, Slavic") 
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