Robert G. Seddig *71

Robert died Jan. 11, 2024, of complications related to metastasized mucosal melanoma in Southwest Harbor, Maine.

Robert was born Aug. 8, 1941, in Davenport, Iowa. He graduated in 1963 from Carleton College with a major in government and international relations. He earned a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton in 1963, specializing in U.S. constitutional law.

For 45 years, Robert was a political science professor at Allegheny College, retiring in 2012. He was presented the Julian Ross Award for excellence in teaching. Near the end of his career, an endowed faculty chair — the Seddig Chair in Law and Public Policy — was created in his honor at Allegheny. In recognition of his research on the early history of the U.S. Supreme Court, he was named a Fellow in Legal History by the American Bar Foundation.

In 2002, Robert committed as an oblate (ecumenical associate) of Saint Mount Benedict Monastery in Erie, Pa. After retiring from Allegheny, he became a visiting professor for 11 years at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Robert is survived by his wife of 56 years, Lyta; daughters Elspeth and Erica; and three grandchildren.

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