ARNULF ZWEIG

ZWEIG--Arnulf,

University of Oregon Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, died at age 86 on April 12, 2016, in New York City where he had been living and teaching since 1996. He was born in Essen, Germany in 1930. In 1936, he and his family, refugees from Nazi Germany, settled in Rochester, New York. In addition to his long and illustrious teaching career, Dr. Zweig was a highly respected scholar and translator of the works of the German Philosopher, Immanuel Kant. Early in his career, Dr. Zweig's translation of Kant's correspondence was published by the University of Chicago Press. Later in his career, he edited and expanded his translations of Kant's letters for publication by the Cambridge University Press. In collaboration with Thomas E. Hill, an eminent Kant scholar, Dr. Zweig's new and annotated translation of "Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals" was published by Oxford University Press. Dr. Zweig received his B.A. degree in Philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Rochester in 1952. Upon graduation, he was awarded a scholarship to Yale for graduate work in Philosophy. After a year at Yale, he accepted a Humanities Fellowship at Stanford where he continued to pursue his doctorate in Philosophy under the guidance of his mentor, Professor Donald Davidson. In addition to teaching for many years in the University of Oregon Philosophy Department, Professor Zweig taught as a Visiting Philosopher at Harvard, MIT and Tufts. After retiring from Oregon and moving to New York, he continued teaching as an Adjunct at CUNY and Baruch College. Philosophy was not Dr. Zweig's only love. He had a lifelong passion for music, playing and listening. His enthusiasm for and knowledge of opera knew no bounds. As a youngster, he learned to play the bassoon in order to obtain a seat in a youth orchestra, after which playing the bassoon was an essential part of his life. For many years, he was a bassoonist in the Eugene Symphony Orchestra. He also served for a short time as a music critic for the Eugene Register Guard newspaper. Arnulf Zweig is survived by a daughter, Rebecca Rozman, a son, Jonathan Zweig, his children with his now deceased wife, Phyllis Zweig, and two grandchildren, Samuel Rozman and Ira Zweig. He is also survived by his wife of 40 years, Leah Rose Jacobs, a stepson, A. Michael Stern and two granddaughters, Arin and Anya Stern. His family mourns the loss of a loving, devoted husband and father.