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| (July 16, 1941 - February 29, 2020) |
“Growing Up in America”
By Moristotle
I learned yesterday from Rolf Dumke’s son Tristan that his father had passed away the day before, on February 29. Rolf suffered cardiac arrest at home the preceding Tuesday and was immediately taken by ambulance to the nearest hospital, where doctors fought for his life for four days, to no avail.
With a sad heart, I have updated Rolf’s entry in the sidebar and moved it from the Columnist section to the Emeritus section:
Rolf Dumke (7/16/1941 - 2/29/2020). A columnist from late 2014 until his death in February 2020. His column “Growing Up in America” continues to enrich Americans about their own country, which Rolf saw with eager new eyes after his family immigrated from Germany in the early 1950s. He was an economic historian whose life-long, wide-ranging interests in the arts and sciences were inspired by Yale College courses, which provided him a smorgasbord of great ideas. He taught in Canadian and German universities, and lived the last years of his life in Bavaria, near the Alps.Let’s take a few minutes today to remember Rolf by reading and enjoying one of his “Growing Up in America” columns. I recommend his January 2, 2016 column on “Cultural assimilation in Cleveland.”
| Copyright © 2020 by Moristotle |
In belatedly checking Rolf’s birth year, I learned that he was born in 1941, not 1942. Thanks to his son Tristan for this information. And I hope to be able to provide a link to an obituary or two when they appear.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear of Rolf's passing. I enjoyed his stories, he'll be missed.
ReplyDeleteSad news. He wrote some very good stuff here.
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