Gerhard Ernst Spiegler (December 4, 1929 – August 24, 2015) was a European-American academic. He served as professor and President of

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, Provost of

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and Visiting Professor at the

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, Germany. He also taught for 11 years, was Provost and Acting President at

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, and taught at the

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. He retired as President of Elizabethtown College on August 31, 1996. He has won awards for Distinguished Research from the

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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

* 2015 deaths Presidents of Elizabethtown College University of Chicago Divinity School alumni 1929 births {{US-academic-administrator-1920s-stub