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Marvin Schindler was also Director of Wayne State's Junior Year in Germany (Freiburg and Munich) programs from 1975 to 1993. He served twice as Resident Director of the Junior Year in Freiburg program (1983-84 and 1987-88), and the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg honored him with the University's silver medallion and with the designation of University Senator. In 1987, he earned the highest award given a civilian by the Federal Republic of Germany: Das Verdienstkreuz, erster Klasse (the medal of honor, first class). "I am so grateful for my almost 29 years of marriage to Marvin," says Roslyn Abt Schindler. "He had a keen intellect, a brilliant wit, and a wonderful sense of humor. He had a huge heart and a winning smile. A kind and generous man, Marvin was a champion of peace, social justice, the arts, and education. He had a fierce commitment to foreign language and culture education, in particular the junior year abroad experience. Our very happiest memories as a family were in Germany, especially Freiburg, where he was resident director twice. He was absolutely devoted to the Junior Year in Germany programs, at that time both in Freiburg and in Munich. They were the joy and passion of his professional career. I wanted to do something very special in his memory on the occasion of his 75th birthday on January 2, 2007. The Scholarship Fund is the most appropriate way that I can honor him, and I am so grateful to those who have already contributed to the Fund in Marvin's memory. It truly warms my heart--and I know it would Marvin's as well--to know that future generations of JYM students will benefit from the Fund and that Marvin's name and contributions will live on." Gifts to Wayne State University's Junior Year in Munich program are tax-deductible as allowable by law. WSU is tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, classified as a publicly supported educational organization and listed annually in Publication 78 of the Cumulative List of Organizations described in Section 170(c) of the Code. Wayne State University's Federal tax-free number is 38-6028429.
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Marvin
Samuel Schindler (1932-2003) earned his bachelor's degree in Germanic
Languages and Literatures at the University of Massachusetts, and
was awarded his master's and doctoral degrees in Germanic Languages
and Literatures from The Ohio State University. He was Chair of
the Department of Foreign Languages at Northern Illinois University
(1971-74) and Chair of the Department of Romance and Germanic Languages
and Literatures at Wayne State University (1974-83). He retired
in 1994 after twenty years of dedicated service to Wayne State University
and its students.|
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