Sunday, November 13, 2011

Obituary on former Northwestern provost who co-founded school's Institute for Policy Research

Sociologist put academic spin on study of race relations

Excerpt from the Chicago Tribune, Sept. 29, 2011

By Jessica Tobacman, Special to the Tribune


"Dr. Reid O. Engelmann, 89, who taught at Northwestern University's medical school and was an attending surgeon at several north suburban hospitals, died of natural causes Saturday, Sept. 24, at his home in Kenilworth, his daughter Annee Dantonet Phillips said.

Dr. Engelmann, who was born in Chicago, received bachelor's and dental degrees in 1945 and a medical degree in 1950, all from Northwestern University." (read more)

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