Wolfgang George Natter Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Wolfgang George Natter (Hermantown, Minnesota), who passed away at the age of 62, on April 29, 2018. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Wolfgang George Natter to show support.
His dissertation, in book form, "Literature at War, 1914-1940, Representing the "Time of Greatness in Germany", was published by the Yale University Press in 1999. A gifted academic, he started his career in 1987 at the University of Kentucky, where he co-founded the Social Theory program, and earned tenure in three disciplines, (German, Geography, and Political Science), as well as co-editing a series of Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Theory with colleagues (1993-1996). In 2005, he took a position at Virginia Tech as founding director of the Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought (ASPECT), establishing and encouraging multidisciplinary graduate study. He also held appointments abroad, including serving as the Leibniz Professor at the Research Academy, Leipzig, and as a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, Germany. Subsequently, he served as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Political Science at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, NY, and then Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of Faculty, and Professor at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA. In June 2017, he was appointed Vice President of Academic Affairs at the College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN. Wolfgang was preceded in death by his mother, Dolores, his father, Wolfgang, and his stepfather, Ross Whelan. He is survived by his beloved son, Joseph R. U. Natter, the partner who brought him happiness and love late in life, Sarah Kendall, his brother Timothy Whelan and (Angela Haines-Mizia), his aunts, Baerbel Schaefer and Brigitta Balint, and many cousins and friends. A Service will be held Thursday, May 10th, 5pm, at Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel, St. Scholastica Monastery, 1200 Kenwood Av, Duluth, Minnesota. Memorial Donations may be made to The Southern Poverty Law Center, White Memorial Conservation Center, Friends of the Arboretum (Lexington, KY), Wesleyan University, or a charity of your choice. Sunrise Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Please go to http://www.sunrisefuneralhomeandcemetery.com.
