WOLF HEYDEBRAND

HEYDEBRAND--Wolf V. Died at home in Greenwich Village on January 14, 2019. Wolf was born in Germany on the Polish border in 1930. He studied at European universities in Marburg, Innsbruck, Zurich, Paris and Frankfurt. In 1954 he emigrated to the United States to accept a fellowship at the University of Chicago from which he received his PhD in 1965. He taught at Chicago and Washington University (St. Louis) then found his intellectual home at NYU in 1971. During his career at NYU Wolf had visiting appointments at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Onati, Spain, the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and was the Max Weber Visiting Professor at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, among others. He retired from NYU in 2003 and became Professor Emeritus. Like many who lived through WWII Wolf reinvented himself when he came to America. He changed his name, his religion, and his nationality. He fully embraced America while always remaining a citizen of the world. He is survived by his daughter, Gitry with his first wife, Ruth Keiling (deceased) and his wife of 31 years, Elizabeth Robinson and their children, Daniel and Sophia (Emre). He lived a long and interesting life and was well loved. A memorial will be planned in February.