Siegfried Weing

Siegfried Weing
Col. Siegfried Weing, professor of German language and literature for Virginia Military Institute for 36 years, died October 10, 2004 of an apparent heat attack. Weing, who retired from VMI this summer, joined the faculty in 1968. He served as head of the department of modern languages and cultures from 1997 until his retirement and as director of the VMI summer session from 1998 until his retirement. According to Col. Kathleen Bulger-Barnett, current head of the department, Weing was a respected and well-liked member of the faculty known for a rigorous but caring approach to his teaching. Everybody who knew him loved him, she said. Born on April 8, 1942 in Somogyszil, Hungary to a master brick mason, Weing grew up in eastern Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelors degree from Kutztown State College and a masters and doctoral degree from Vanderbilt University. He had two books on German literature to his credit, The German Novella: Two Centuries of Criticism and An Anthology of German Novellas. He received two Fulbright awards to study and travel in Europe during his career. He also received VMIs Distinguished Teaching Award in 1986. Col. Weing ws preceded in death by his father, Paul Weing. Survivors: Mother, Katharina Schulteisz Weing in Pennsylvania; his wife, Lorene Uhl Weing of Lexington, Va.; sons, Andy of Savannah, Ga. and Jeremy, a student at Radford University. Services: memorial, to be held at a later date. Arrangements, Harrison Funeral Home and Crematory, Lexington.