Frederick Engelmann

ENGELMANN, Frederick Charles Fred Engelmann died Friday, November 7, 2008. He was 87 years old. Dr. Engelmann was born in 1921 in Vienna, Austria. His Jewish family was forced to leave after the German Anschluss in 1938. They went to California, where Fred finished high school and earned his bachelor's degree at UCLA before joining the U.S. Army. He served as an intelligence officer in the European theatre during World War II, and returned to earn his Ph.D. in political science at Yale University with a dissertation on Canadian politics. He taught at Alfred University in upstate New York, and the University of Alberta in Calgary and Edmonton. Author of three books and several articles in comparative and Canadian politics, Dr. Engelmann served a term as chair of his department and as 1985-86 president of the Canadian Political Science Association. He was also a devoted teacher. Passionate about politics and music, he was a lifetime member of the Alberta New Democrats and regular subscriber to the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Fred was active in his church and on its board. A loving husband and father, he is survived by his wife Mary, his sons John, Peter, and Stephen, daughters-in-law Margaux Beland and Sophia Mihic, and three grandchildren. A Service will be held at Garneau United Church, 11148 - 84th Avenue, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, November 15. The family asks that any contributions in Fred's memory be made either to the Good Samaritan Society Zetter Centre Choice Program, 8861 - 75 Street, Edmonton, AB, T6C 4G8, or for a bursary in his name to Professor Linda Trimble, Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G ZH4.