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Professor Fred Sontag
1924-2009
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Frederick E. Sontag, the Robert C. Denison Professor of Philosophy at Pomona College, died Sunday, June 14, at the age of 84, after several months of declining health. Professor Sontag had recently retired from the Pomona faculty, bringing a close to a remarkable 57-year tenure as a member of Pomona’s Philosophy Department. The author of 28 books—the most recent published in 2005—he was a mentor and lifelong friend to generations of Pomona College students.
Memorial Service
A memorial service will take place on Saturday,
October 10, at 3:00 p.m. in Little Bridges (Mabel
Shaw Bridges Hall of Music at 150 E. 4th St.,
Claremont) with a reception immediately following in
Edmunds Ballroom in Smith Campus Center (170 E. Sixth Street, Claremont).
The service of music, readings, and reminiscences will include remarks from Rusty Doms ’62, Wynne Furth, John Roth ’62, David Held and Grant Sontag.
A Message from the Sontags
The family thanks the College, for providing this lovely memorial
Website, and each person who has taken the time to write in with personal reflections which are so touching and comforting to us. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made, in honor of Professor Sontag's granddaughter Rachel, to:
Wisconsin Easter Seals
101 Nob Hill Road, Ste. 301
Madison, WI 53713
Los
Angeles Times obituary:
Frederick E. Sontag dies at 84; Pomona College
philosophy professor
"Fifty Years (and Counting)":
An article on Professor Fred Sontag that appeared in Pomona College Magazine
in the fall of 2002
"Presentation of the Trustees’ Medal of Merit to Frederick Sontag":
by Stewart Smith, chairman of the
Board of Trustees. (Remarks were delivered on May 17, 2009.)
"Remarks on the Occasion of the Retirement of Frederick Sontag" by Professor Jay David Atlas. (Remarks
were delivered by Professor Atlas at the President’s Reception for the Faculty on May 8, 2009.)
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