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OTHMAR W. WINKLER
June 5, 1923 - August 14, 2022
Othmar W. Winkler, PhD passed away at age 99. One of five children, he was born in Vienna, Austria to Dr Wilhelm Winkler and to Clara Deutsch Winkler, a Jewish convert to Catholicism. He completed his PhD at the University of Vienna and in 1949 immigrated to Caracas, Venezuela where he taught at the university for five years. He married Ellen Fletcher in 1954 and relocated to Santiago, Chile where four of their seven children were born. He joined the Business School faculty at Georgetown University in 1961 and retired in 1993. As Professor Emeritus, he remained close to the Georgetown Jesuits and community and continued his academic pursuits.
He is predeceased by his wife Ellen in 2021 and his daughter Angelica in 1984. He is survived by his children, retired Navy CDR John Winkler of Valparaiso, FL, Mary Dezso (Brian) of Westport, CT, Thomas Winkler, MD (Lauren) of Bethesda, MD, James Packard Winkler, PhD (Mary) of Bethesda, MD, Mark Winkler of San Diego, CA and Margaret Fabien (Derick) of Sarasota, FL and 10 grandchildren. His family established the Othmar W. Winkler Award at Georgetown's McDonough Business School to recognize graduating seniors demonstrating the Jesuit values of social justice and community service as future business leaders. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made to the Othmar W. Winkler Award Fund at https://give.georgetown.edu/othmar-winkler
A celebration of life mass will be held at St. Ann Catholic Church in Arlington, VA on Friday, August 26 at 3 p.m. with reception to follow. Live stream will be available on St. Ann Church Facebook site.
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Michael M. Johnson, P.E., Col USAF (Ret.)
August 26, 2022
I only had the privilege of meeting Dr. Winkler at our daughter's wedding. I was immensely impressed by his towering intellect, good humor and his deep compassion. He will be sorely missed.
Jeffrey J. Reich
August 22, 2022
Dr. Winkler was a campus icon during my years as an undergrad at Georgetown (1972-1976). I often saw him commuting on his bicycle. I was in the College, but my roommate was in SBA and took one of his courses (Statistics?) and loved him. Years later, my cousin's husband's sister Lauren married his son Tom, so in a sense we became related.
Mary Manion Bayless
August 19, 2022
A sweet and smart and wonderfully generous man. My love to his family!
john oconnell
August 19, 2022
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