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Tom Jorgensen
Tom Jorgensen, a former Northern Illinois University men’s basketball head coach and NIU Athletics Hall of Famer, died Friday, Nov. 29 in Aurora, Colo. He was 78. Jorgensen was the head coach of the NIU men’s basketball program from 1966-73, compiling a 96-71 record during his seven-year tenure. He helped produce a number of “firsts”...
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NIU Professor Emeritus Robert W. Schneider, who taught in the Department of History from 1961 until his retirement in 1998, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, in DeKalb. He was 80. Born in 1933 in Loudonville, Ohio, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1959. He completed his master’s degree at Western Reserve University...
Mike Dunbar
Mike Dunbar, whose career as a successful collegiate football coach and offensive innovator was overshadowed by the lives he positively impacted, passed away Friday, Sept. 13, in his hometown of Dupont, Wash. He was 64. Dunbar’s last stop in a 36-year career as a football coach was at Northern Illinois. He joined former NIU head...
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Thomas Earl Wheat, a former professor of literacy education and the fifth director of the NIU Literacy Clinic, died Friday, Feb. 8, in Venice, Fla. He was 76. Wheat earned his Bachelor of Science in education in 1966 at the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Ind., and his Master of Education from the...
Lucien Stryk
The NIU community is mourning the loss of Lucien Stryk, an internationally acclaimed Zen poet and former star English professor who died Jan. 24, in London. He was 88. Stryk was born in Kolo, Poland, in 1924, and moved at a young age to Chicago with his family. After serving in the U.S. Army in...
Edna C. Williams
Edna C. Williams, who taught voice in the NIU School of Music from 1965 to 1994, died New Year’s Eve in Chicago. She was 79. The internationally known soprano, who also was born in Chicago, continued to give private lessons after her retirement from NIU and also served as a piano accompanist for many musical...
Lana L. Marten
NIU employee Lana L. Marten, who proudly worked in the Student Financial Aid Office for more than 40 years and helped tens of thousands of students pay for their NIU education, died Thursday, Nov. 22, in Rockford. She was 70. Marten was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in DeKalb, where she was active in...
George M. Shur
George M. Shur, who served as general counsel for Northern Illinois University from 1983 until his retirement in 2003, died Sunday, Nov. 25. He was 70. An avid supporter of education and the community, Shur also served president of the board of education for DeKalb Community Unit School District 428. A memorial service will take...
Alfred F. Young
Alfred F. Young, a professor emeritus in NIU’s Department of History and pioneer in the field of early American history, died Nov. 6, in Durham, N.C., according to a published obituary. He was 87. Young was a past recipient of the award for distinguished service in the historical profession from the Organization of American Historians....
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