| Volume 96, No. 2: June 2017
We are sad to report that Professor [German 1963-98], an iconic figure on campus for many decades, died of a massive stroke over the weekend. He was 83 years old.
Ottomar served the college as a faculty member in the German and humanities departments for 35 years. He founded the German House and launched the èßäÉçÇø in Munich program. He was also a champion of music at èßäÉçÇø; he founded the Music Matinee, coordinated the Music Associates program, sang in the èßäÉçÇø chorus, and served on the boards of the Portland Opera and the Portland Youth Harmonic. He coached the èßäÉçÇø soccer team, was the inspiration for Portland Brewery’s award-winning Uncle Otto’s Oktoberfest beer, and served—at different times—in both the German and the U.S. Army.
He participated in the Oral History Project at èßäÉçÇø, and is quoted extensively in . Ottomar and his wife Catherine were generous and consistent financial supporters of college.
Please join us for a memorial for Ottomar on Saturday, March 23, at 4 p.m., in the Eliot Hall chapel. A reception will follow.
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