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AUE, Maximilian Maximilian Alfred Edward Aue Maximilian Alfred Edward "Bill" Aue was born in Vienna, Austria in 1942. He completed secondary school at the Wasagymnasium in Vienna and earned his B.A. at The University of Virginia and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Stanford University. Since 1967 he has been on the faculty at Emory University, teaching in the departments of German Studies and Comparative Literature. There, he also founded the Emory in Vienna summer study abroad program, the longest- running program of its kind at Emory. He passed away August 6 from injuries due to a vehicular accident. He is survived by his wife Mary Margaret "Missy" Aue of Atlanta, his brother Theodor Aue of Vienna, Austria, his son Anthony Aue of Seattle, WA, his daughter Marianna Aue of Berkeley, CA, and granddaughters Audrey (9), Leila (7), and Sandy (20 months). His fourth grandchild is due at the end of November. He was a devoted and beloved husband, father, grandfather, friend, and teacher. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. at A.S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home on Friday, August 10. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in honor of Max Aue to the Emory in Vienna study abroad program, The Paideia School, or the charity of your choice. A. S. Turner & Sons Funeral Home and Crematory.
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Memories and Condolences
for Maximilian AUE
Jana Mueller-Schobel
December 8, 2012
Just learned about Dr. Aue's passing today. My heartfelt sympathy to Missy and the family. It is a tragic loss to his family, the academic community and to all who knew him. Can't imagine for him not being there. I studied under Dr. Maximilian Aue for my Master Degree in German. He was my thesis father, a wonderful and tough professor, who commanded excellence in work and gave us volumes of work and knowledge. As a teaching assistant in the German Dept. at Emory he supervised my work and gave me the academic tools to become a German teacher. Along the way, I send the Emory German Dept. my German students, who became medical doctors. In 2001 I was named the AATG Teacher of the Year for the State of Georgia. I hope you were proud of your student. Thank you, Dr. Aue, for your wonderful guidance, leadership and friendship. When my father tragically passed away, you and Missy were there for me. Both of you were there for me at my wedding. Your daughter being the flower girl and your son the ring bearer. Years later, you told me you were touched to tears when mother sang "Ave Maria" at my wedding. She will sing it again in your memory. I'm sorry, I wasn't there to say good-bye.
You shall always be in our work, hearts and memory. Thank you for making such a contribution and difference in our lives.
William Bailey
October 25, 2012
Dr. Aue was probably one of the most difficult professors I faced in the German department. I'm sorry to hear about his passing. My prayers and thoughts are with his family.
Steve Lansing
September 21, 2012
I was so sad to hear about the tragic news on Max. Max was such an easy going, kind, gentle, soul, who along with his lovely wife Missy were two of the nicest people I have ever had the privilege of meeting and getting to know.
Abigail Shefer
September 4, 2012
Missy, our thoughts are with you. I remember meeting Max at a social event with you, and still remember his kindness, intellect, and great warmth.
Love, Abby, Don, Jordan, and Megan
August 28, 2012
Dear Professor Aue,
Goodbye and God Bless you.
Rita (Thomas)
August 20, 2012
Durch den tragischen und so frühen Tod von Prof. Aue verliert nicht nur die Internationale Nestroy-Gesellschaft ein langjähriges, treues Mitglied, sondern die Germanistik einen für die Literatur des 19. Jahrhundert hervorragend qualifizierten Wissenschafter. Prof. Aue nahm oft an den Internationalen Nestroy-Gesprächen aktiv teil und publizierten in der Zeitschrift "Nestroyana". Die Internationale Nestroy-Gesellschaft wird Prof. Aue ein ehrendes Andenken bewahren und seiner in der nächsten Generalversammlung würdig gedenken.
Min.-Rat Dipl.-Ing. Karl Zimmel
Geschäftsführer, Wien, Austria
Jerry Byrd
August 17, 2012
Yesterday I returned to Emory from vacation and learned of this sad and schocking news. As a staff member there working alongside the German Department for many years, and as a frequent lap swimmer at the Emory gym, I could always count on Max to light up the day with a smile that beamed from the heart. If an institution could possess a soul, one could only hope it'd be a spirit like Max's. I am so sorry for the loss of this treasured member of your, and our, family.
Manfred Majorkovits
August 17, 2012
Dear Missy, I am so glad I met Bill a couple of months ago by chance on the MUW campus. I will always remember him as a very gentle and caring person. My deepest condolences.
Eva Schoenleitner
August 16, 2012
My deepest condolences. Eva
Annabel Rothschild
August 15, 2012
I'll always remember Bill's generosity in helping translate the letter of my great uncle- our deepest condolences to you.
Franz Reitbauer
August 13, 2012
The MBA Club Linz wants to express its deepest condolence about the tragic loss of Max Aue. He initiated together with Gerhard Reber the cooperation with Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, which lasts for many years now. In this way he offered an unique oportunity to some 50 students to receive an extraordinary education. All of us had huge benefits out of that - personally and professionally and think with gratefulness to him as the founder of that. Great people live on in the great achievements they did and in the hearts of the people affected by these deeds. Kindest regards
Michael Hoover
August 13, 2012
I share your sadness at the untimely loss of Bill. we were in college together at the University of Virginia and fraternity brothers in Tau Kappa Epsilon.He was a fine, intelligent, caring person even in those days. I just regret we did not keep in touch over the years. I share your loss.
Carla Chelko
August 12, 2012
Max was a great friend and colleague. I will misss him.
August 12, 2012
Dear Missy -- my heartfelt sympathy for your terrible loss. Although I never got to know Bill, it seems that he was an extremely intelligent, kind and loving, energetic, dedicated and altogether wonderful person. I know he will live on in the hearts and memories of his family and many friends, colleagues and students. I am so very sorry to learn of this awful event.
Fondly, Claire Petsch
Bill Murdy
August 11, 2012
Dr. Max Aue was one of my favorite professors at Emory. I accompanied Dr. Aue on the Emory Vienna summer course in 1978. This trip was the greatest experience of my time at Emory and I treasure the memories to this day. Dr. Aue was instrumental in helping all of us adapt quickly to our new foreign surroundings. I'm gratified that the Vienna study program has continued to the present. I wish to extend my deep felt condolences for the family of Dr. Aue.
Bourke Family
August 11, 2012
Dear Aue Family:
So sorry to read of your loss. Please allow God's Word the Bible to provide you comfort during this difficult time in your life.
Gerhard Reber
August 11, 2012
Like everyone else, I am shocked by the news about Max's accident and death. Our relationship started in 1980 and has kept growing professionally and privately since then. Professionally in our role as pioneers and guardians of the relations between Emory University and the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria; privately we developed mutual respect and a friendship which was an important part of our lives. As we get older, we lose more and more essential life partners and become poorer. So, it is possible to understand the pain of the loss, and how long it will take to deal with the consequences. Missy, Heidi and I hope that we can stay in contact ad will have an opportunity to remember him not only at a geographic distance but also on a personal visit. Our deepest condolence, Gerhard Reber with Heidi
Sarah Richards
August 10, 2012
The Vienna study abroad program founded by Dr. Aue changed the course of my life. The single assignment I am most proud of completing in my academic career -- a ten-page paper in German -- was for Dr. Aue's class. When my friends and I were sitting at Einsteins eating lunch, he would come by and we would all chat in German and it was like university is supposed to be. This past year I would see him bounding up and down the stair ways and he always, always had a smile and a kind word for me. I was looking forward to taking another class with him and wanted to talk so much more about his experiences growing up in Austria. I cannot believe this happened, but thank you, Dr. Aue, for everything you have done for me, and I will do my best to carry on your intellectual curiosity and genuine interest in other people in my own life.
Judy and Stan Sobel
August 10, 2012
We were shocked and devastated to hear of Bill's untimely death. Our hearts go out to you,
Anthony and Marianna.
with all our love,
udy and Stan Sobel
Greg Marsh
August 10, 2012
Thanks Max, for your warm and friendly way. Ever a smile on your lips, and twinkle in your eye, you'll be in your element, swimming through the deep blue sky.
August 10, 2012
Max was one of the loveliest, most generous, most humane men I knew. Certainly, Max was one of my most beloved colleagues at Emory. We will miss his warm presence always.
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson (Atlanta GA)
Caroline Schaumann
August 9, 2012
Max made me feel welcome from the very beginning when I started at Emory, with his distinct smile, wit, warmth, and intellectual presence. I was privileged to have Max as my office neighbor, always inviting me to his office for a chat on teaching, research, or anything else that mattered. I have learned much from his guidance and mentorship. His kindness and curiosity were unceasing, and his loss is deeply felt in our department.
Tobias Gregory
August 9, 2012
Such sad news. With condolence and warmest wishes to the Aue family,
Toby Gregory
August 9, 2012
We are so sad to hear of the loss of such a wonderful man. His legacy will live on. Corbett and Sarah Clark, Mildred Sargent, and Nancy Cook
Miriam Udel
August 9, 2012
Max was the most humane and generous of colleagues. He took a vivid interest in my work, dropping relevant articles into my box or under my door, discussing ideas, and reading drafts. He was eager to build intellectual bridges between Yiddish and German-Jewish literature and the literary art of Vienna to which he was so devoted. Just this morning, I came across a footnote expressing my debt to him for a clever connection he'd pointed out. I will miss him sorely as a friend and a scholar.
Walter Kalaidjian
August 9, 2012
I remember Max from our last dinner recently with Walt Reed and a visiting scholar. Quick, witty, and wondrously intelligent, Max was the ideal colleague; we will mourn his passing.
August 8, 2012
This is a great loss. Max was one of the warmest persons I ever met. Always kind, open, smiling, sympathetic, knowledgeable, ready to help. For me, it was the face of the best of Emory. It is such a bitterness that I will never see him again.
Mikhail Epstein
Cheryl Crowley
August 8, 2012
I am so sorry. Max was a neighbor, a colleague, and a friend. He always made time to chat with me, was unfailingly warm, kind, and wise. I will remember his smile and his gentleness, and I will miss him and remember him always.
August 8, 2012
Missy,
Sending you love and hugs from the Athanassiades family.
Beth, Dean, and Kate
Chad Skaggs
August 8, 2012
How sad. He was a dear friend, taken away too soon. So much fun time with the music. Dear Missy, I share your sadness.
Love,
Cathy and Héctor González
August 8, 2012
Missy, I think I'm quoting Rumi when I say, "...and this sadness I feel has taken from me the taste of language," as there are simply no words for this loss. What we would give to have at least one that could somehow console you at this time. We will greatly miss seeing him biking up Cornell and stopping for a quick 'hello.' Cathy and Héctor
Valérie Loichot
August 8, 2012
A warm smile, a word of wisdom in French, English or Italian, a generous frankness, a bounty of literary references, a glowing happiness when swimming or bicycling, a colleague, a friend. I will miss all that with the loss of Max. All my sincere condolences to his family and dear ones.
August 8, 2012
Missy,
Carol and I were stunned and deeply saddened to learn of Max's death. Our deepest condolences.
Howard and Carol Kushner
Monika Nikore
August 8, 2012
Missy, Bryan and I are deeply saddened by your loss. You are in our heart and in our prayers. May the memories be a source of peace and strength at this very difficult time.
Heidi Reber
August 8, 2012
Missy and family, Gerhard and I mourn with you. What a terrible shock this must be for all of you. May you find the strength to support each other. I'm sure Max would want you to go on with your lives as soon as possible, and will, somehow, be with you still.
Harald Bollmann
August 8, 2012
Mit dem Schulbeginn vor 64 Jahren hat unsere Freundschaft begonnen, wir hatten eine spannende Jugend mit Abenteuern in Schnee und auf dem Meer. Gemeinsam mit Missy und Ute haben wir einander seither 2 -3 mal pro getroffen. Wir werden unseren besten Freund und seine Weltanschauung nie vergessen
Harald Bollmann, Wien Europe
August 8, 2012
Missy, The loss to you and family is a loss that I, too, feel deeply, not just for all of you but also for myself. Bill was a charming, caring, enormously interesting, and simply wonderful human being. He will be greatly missed. My world has certainly been diminished. Linda Bell
Sara Nicol Roberts
August 8, 2012
Godspeed, Dr. Aue, and my condolences to his loved ones. His way was always a friendly face and a kind word.
Cathy Carlisi
August 8, 2012
Joe, Lia and I are praying that your love and light, Missy, the very strength that you are is not diminished but somehow deepened over time as you heal.
Tze Yin Teo
August 8, 2012
I remember Professor Aue for his kindness, keen intellect, and winsome smile. Deepest condolences to his family and loved ones in this time of loss and grief.
John Ingersoll
August 8, 2012
Vivian and I are shocked by this awful news. Bill was such a kind, supportive, and good man, a pillar of the Emory faculty, learned and so profoundly likeable. We were fond of him and share your grief.
ann parker
August 8, 2012
Missy: I am so very sorry for your loss. You have always had a special place in my heart because of the kind way you had with my children.
Thinking of you,
Ann McKee Parker
August 8, 2012
I am very saddened by the loss of one of the most charming and intelligent people I've ever known. The world is diminished by his passing.
August 8, 2012
Dear Missy and family, Words are never enough...sending you my hearfelt prayer for peace.... With sympathy, Dee Daly
Sharon Nardo
August 8, 2012
Missy, Anthony, & Marianna,
Mickey and I are in shock and grieve with you. You are in our thoughts and tears.
August 8, 2012
p. 1255: 3 With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tentnx of God is with mankind, and he will residenx with them, and they will be his peoples.x And God himself will be with them.x 4 And he will wipe out every tearx from their eyes, and death will be no more,x neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore.x The former things have passed away.”x
Erik Butler
August 8, 2012
Multi dolores impii, sperantem autem in Domino misericordia circumdabit.
Laetamini in Domino et exsultate, iusti, et gloriamini, omnes recti corde.
Cynthia Blakeley
August 8, 2012
We are heartbroken with you, Missy and family. Bill was such a fine human being -- courtly and kind -- and such a generous teacher. A life thoughtfully lived. The best kind. We send our deepest sympathies and love. Cynthia, Allen, and Hannah Rose
Julia Bullock
August 8, 2012
I am so sorry for your loss. My office is down the hall from Max's, and I will remember him always for his positive attitude, warmth and kindness. He was a wonderful colleague and will be very much missed.
Gordon Newby
August 8, 2012
The loss of Max leaves a large hole in the human and intellectual fabric of Emory. He will be greatly missed.
August 8, 2012
Dr. Aue was my freshman advisor at Emory and I couldn't have asked for a better one. He offered me a kind word and chat many times, both when I attended Emory and after when I saw him at the pool at my kids' swim lessons. I was always happy to see him. He will be missed dearly.
Mike Phillips
August 8, 2012
May peace be with the Aue family and friends with the loss of a truly great man. A friend I wish I had known better!
Al Hartgraves
August 8, 2012
I am very saddened at your loss. Max was a helpful, kind, and caring colleague -- often going out of his way to be of assistance to others across the Emory Campus. His bright and cheerful disposition was always uplifting. He will be greatly missed.
Becky Evans
August 8, 2012
Missy David and I are so sorry to hear of this tragic news. I will always remember Max's neigbhorly street side conversations - he was so genuine and sincere in all his interactions.
August 8, 2012
With deepest sympathy to the Aue family during your time of grief...Psalm 46:1...God is for us a refuge and strength, A help that is readily to be found during difficult times...May God provide you with peace and comfort to endure the days ahead.
Sander Gilman
August 8, 2012
I mourn with you all. He was a wonderful colleague and a good friend.
Deborah Elise White
August 8, 2012
I feel very lucky to have known Max if only through shared work. He was a man of great integrity as well as unforgettable charm and a wonderful and kind colleague. Best thoughts to Max's family and friends at this time.
Cathy Caruth
August 7, 2012
I am so terribly sorry to hear of Max's death. He was tremendously important to Comparative Literature, a kind and open-minded colleague, and very caring to me when my mother died. I will remember him always with great fondness.
Cathy Caruth
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