Gerhard Ernst Spiegler (December 4, 1929 – August 24, 2015) was a European-American academic. He served as professor and President of
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown College (informally E-town) is a private college in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
History
Founding and early years
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, Provost of
Temple University
Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Ba ...
and Visiting Professor at the
University of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...
, Germany. He also taught for 11 years, was Provost and Acting President at
Haverford College
Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducational ...
, and taught at the
University of California at Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant univ ...
.
He retired as President of Elizabethtown College on August 31, 1996.
He has won awards for Distinguished Research from the
University of Chicago
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and Distinguished Teaching from the Danforth Foundation.
He was married to Ethel Spiegler, and has three adult children, Karin, Eric, and Mark.
Education
* Ph.D. University of Chicago
* M.A. University of Chicago
* D.B. University of Chicago
* D.H.L. Elizabethtown College, 1996
References
Won Institute of Graduate Studies
External links
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2015 deaths
Presidents of Elizabethtown College
University of Chicago Divinity School alumni
1929 births
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