Feig, Werner M., 1932-1997
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 11 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence relating to Werner Feig teaching at Nightingale-Bamford. Includes resume, 1990
Letter : [to] Kitty [Catherine Gordan] / Werner [Feig], relating to returning to teaching after sickness, 1994 Aug 12
Memo : to all faculty and staff / Dorothy A. Hutcheson, relating to cancer diagnosis of Werner Feig, 1997 Feb 13
Obituary of Werner Feig. Photocopy of newspaper clipping from unknown publication, c. 1997
Photograph of Werner Feig, 1998
Photograph of Werner Feig on Field Day with English teacher Christine Schutt, 1998
Photograph of Werner Feig with students in classroom, 1998
Photograph (printout) of Werner Feig, David Colon, and Darlene Currie, 1998
Photographs of Werner Feig teaching Upper School students, c. 1990 - 1998
Postcard invitation to Werner Feig Memorial Assembly: The Holocaust and the Recovery of Historical Landscapes, a lecture by Allan Bikk, 2006 Mar 10
This series includes photographs, invitations, and programs related to endowed academic lectures at Nightingale-Bamford School. See the General Note for a description of these lectures. Also see External Documents for an historical list of lecturers and subjects. Brief articles on some lectures may be found in The Spectator student newspaper and in school newsletters.
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