Feig, Werner M., 1932-1997

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Biography

Werner Feig taught Middle and Upper School history at Nightingale from 1991 to 1997. Additional roles included Head of the History department 1991-1995, advisor to CAFE and Model Congress, and Upper School advisor 1991-1997.

Mr Feig was born in Breslau, Germany in 1932. He moved to Hongkew, a Jewish ghetto in Shanghai, China to escape the Holocaust. He later settled in Pittsburgh, where he attended high school and college. He further earned an MAT at Harvard University in 1959 and an MA in political science in 1965 from the University of Chicago. He taught history at Scarsdale High School prior to Nightingale.

The Werner Feig Holocaust Memorial Lecture was established in [___] in his honor. It is sponsored by the family of Julie Kenner Case '94.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Middle School morning meeting speech regarding death of Werner Feig and Epiphany, accompanied by photocopy of gospel of Matthew, 1997 Jan 6

Item — Box: 01148

Identifier: 001 002 000 36 0023

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Heads of School records consist of records created by or under the purview of the various heads of Nightingale-Bamford School from its founding to present, as well as photographs, clippings, and biographical records with the head of school as subject. Records include correspondence and announcements, memoranda, reports from the heads of school to the Board of Trustees, speeches given by heads of school, and related records created and received in the course of business as well as records...

Dates: 1997 Jan 6

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG02, RG02 Administration Record Group / SG001 Heads of School Records / S06 Dorothy Addison Hutcheson (1992 - 2012) / SS05 Speeches, Remarks, and Articles

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