In Memoriam

June 16, 2020

It is with great sadness that we report that Dr. Lewis Marquardt, former professor of Humanities at Texas State and Arizona State University and husband of Dr. Dona Reeves-Marquardt, professor emeritus of German at Texas State, passed away on May 31 in Austin. Grandson of ethnic German immigrants from the Black Sea region, Dr. Marquardt served as the President of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, as well as Executive Director of the German-Texan Historical Society in Austin. His obituary may be read here.

July 27, 2018

It is with great sadness that we report that German alumnus and US Marine Joshua Snowden (July 22, 1985 - July 10, 2017; Class of 2010) passed away while in the service of his country in July 2017. Joshua appeared in the very first German on Stage production in 2010.

April 21, 2017

It is with great sadness that the Department of Modern Languages announces the passing of Dr. Louis Brister, who was a Professor of German in the department from 1966-2005 and served as its chair in the early 1970s.  He was the author, editor, and translator of journal articles and books, most notably John Charles Beale’s Rio Grande Colony (2008) and Mexican Prisons: The Journal of Eduard Harkort, 1832-1834 (1986).