FRIEDRICH KATZ

Friedrich Katz, 83 years old, of Chicago, on October 16, 2010, in Philadelphia. Professor Katz was a distinguished scholar of Mexican history, whose major work on the Mexican revolution drew acute parallels with major trends in global historiography. His wide interests extended from the study of Aztec society to an account of Mexico's diplomatic role in World War I. Katz taught at Humboldt University in Berlin before joining the Department of History at the University of Chicago, where he taught for 40 years. Katz was born in Vienna and raised in Berlin to the age of six, when his family fled Nazi Germany to Paris. In 1938 the family fled to New York. Unable to gain permanent resident status in the U.S., they found refuge in Mexico, sparking Katz's lifelong interest. Katz is survived by his widow Dr. Jana Katz, a pediatrician; his daughter Jacqueline Ross, of Champaign Urbana, his son, Leo, of Philadelphia; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday October 19 at 2 p.m., at Joseph Levine and Sons Memorial Chapel, 4737 Street Road, Trevose, PA. Interment will be held in Vienna, Austria. Further information at 800-992-3339 or www.levinefuneral.com.