Rolf Sartorius, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Minnesota, died Jan. 15, 2014, at the age of 74.
Sartorius graduated from Penn with a B.A. in 1961. He then entered Princeton with a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation award for prospective college teachers. In 1965 he graduated with a Ph.D. in philosophy. His lifelong interests in the philosophy of law, political philosophy, and applied ethics were established at Princeton.
He taught at Wayne State (1964–1966) and Case Western Reserve (1966–1969) universities before teaching at Minnesota from 1969 to 1984, when he retired. He published extensively in his areas of interest, and became a leading political and moral philosopher.
After traveling in East Africa and Europe, Sartorius and his wife retired to an active lifestyle in Hilton Head, S.C., in 1988. He is survived by Kay, his wife of 53 years; two children; and four grandchildren.
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