Henry Schneider III ’37 *48

German language expert and lay preacher, Dutch Schneider died May 1, 1998, after a battle with lymphatic leukemia. He was buried in his reunion jacket. He left his wife of almost 53 years, Kathy, daughters Nancy, Linda, and Martha, son Henry, and 11 grandchildren. His brother Hubert '30 died in 1995.

Dutch was cum laude at Newark Academy, where he also found time to be on the football, basketball, track and tennis teams. He majored in modern languages at Princeton, winning a scholarship to Munich U. in 1935 and graduating with honors.

He planned to become a professor of German literature and followed this up with graduate study at Princeton, winning his MA in 1941 and, after military service, his PhD in 1948. He taught at Princeton from 194149 and from 1949-64 was professor and chairman of German at Ripon College in Wisconsin; he was Franklin Professor and Chairman of German and Russian at Gettysburg College from 1964-81.

He had a varied military career between 194648. He returned from a trek to northern Ireland as a sergeant, then as a lieutenant went abroad to Europe in the G2 section utilizing his specialized knowledge, and finally went to the Pacific, returning as a major with a Bronze Star.

The Class of 1937