Christian Zacher

Sending your family love. A beautiful life, a beautiful family.

Chris was a fixture in Humanities at Ohio State. He was also one of the first people I met on campus, during my job interview back in 1992. He was a reassuring presence and an example of what academic priorities should be in a bureaucracy-mad institution. It's hard to believe he's gone. My sincere condolences to his family.

An all around great guy and a shining example of what an honor it is to be a faculty member at OSU- total commitment to teaching,research, and service.- he was all that and more.

Chris was a lovely man. Intellectually curious, funny, kind, and sharply witty. I knew him first as Director of CMRS, then he joined the College of Humanities for more than a decade as our Associate Dean for Faculty Research. He was always an asset and a pleasure regardless of the role or responsibility.

I will miss him.

Knowing Chris Zacher was the highlight of my student days at Ohio State. We worked on The Ohio State Columbus Quincentenary. For all his knowledge, he was completely approachable and wryly funny. I am so blessed to have known him.

Chris was such a class act. He will be much missed for his kindness, decency, generosity and humor.
My thoughts are with his loved ones.

I shall miss Chris. He became my first friend when I arrived at Ohio State University. He was always available, kind, generous, helpful, and serviceable. He never put himself in the spotlight. I appreciated his soft-spoken manner and delicate sense of humor and irony.