During his many years at the University, he held a number of administrative and editorial positions in addition to his teaching responsibilities. Early in his career he served as Director of the UNC Year-at-Lyon program in France from 1965-1975, living in Lyon during 1965-66 and 1968-69 as its Resident Director. For several years he was Associate Editor of the Department's Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures Series. From 1967 to 1970 he served as consultant to the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, N.J. After service as Assistant Chairman of his Department from 1969 to 1972 (with nine months as Acting Chairman during that time), he became an academic advisor in the College of Arts and Sciences in 1972, then served as its Acting Assistant Dean for six months in 1975, after which he was named Associate Dean, a position he held from 1976 to 1987. Following his return to full-time service in the Department, he served as Undergraduate Advisor in French and later as Director of Undergraduate Studies in French. His undergraduate and graduate teaching specialty areas were French Civilization and 17th -Century French Literature, although he is also remembered by many students outside his Department as their instructor for two popular non-major elective French literature courses given in English translation. After retirement, he continued his involvement with students on a part-time basis, first as an academic advisor, then as a mentor at the Carolina Covenant.
For many years, he was actively involved in the Philip Christoph Vogler Foundation, Inc., a family organization of descendants of Swiss-German pioneers who settled first in Maine, then in North Carolina in the mid-18th-Century but whose roots have been traced back to the Zurich area of Switzerland for many generations prior to their emigration to North America. After helping establish that European background and describing it in the chapter he contributed to the Foundation's family history book published in 1994, he served as President and Board Chairman of the Foundation from 1994 to 1996. In 1992 and again in 1997, he helped organize family pilgrimage trips to Switzerland for the Foundation, also serving as tour guide on both occasions.
From the age of 18 until the end of his life, he was a member of the Chapel of the Cross (Episcopal) parish in Chapel Hill.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Frances; one son Robert Frederick and wife, Ann, of Arlington, Va.; and three grandchildren, Katherine, Colleen, and Robert. Services will take place Apr. 5 at 2:00 at the Chapel of the Cross, followed by interment in the churchyard and a reception for friends in the church parlor.
During his many years at the University, he held a number of administrative and editorial positions in addition to his teaching responsibilities. Early in his career he served as Director of the UNC Year-at-Lyon program in France from 1965-1975, living in Lyon during 1965-66 and 1968-69 as its Resident Director. For several years he was Associate Editor of the Department's Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures Series. From 1967 to 1970 he served as consultant to the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, N.J. After service as Assistant Chairman of his Department from 1969 to 1972 (with nine months as Acting Chairman during that time), he became an academic advisor in the College of Arts and Sciences in 1972, then served as its Acting Assistant Dean for six months in 1975, after which he was named Associate Dean, a position he held from 1976 to 1987. Following his return to full-time service in the Department, he served as Undergraduate Advisor in French and later as Director of Undergraduate Studies in French. His undergraduate and graduate teaching specialty areas were French Civilization and 17th -Century French Literature, although he is also remembered by many students outside his Department as their instructor for two popular non-major elective French literature courses given in English translation. After retirement, he continued his involvement with students on a part-time basis, first as an academic advisor, then as a mentor at the Carolina Covenant.
For many years, he was actively involved in the Philip Christoph Vogler Foundation, Inc., a family organization of descendants of Swiss-German pioneers who settled first in Maine, then in North Carolina in the mid-18th-Century but whose roots have been traced back to the Zurich area of Switzerland for many generations prior to their emigration to North America. After helping establish that European background and describing it in the chapter he contributed to the Foundation's family history book published in 1994, he served as President and Board Chairman of the Foundation from 1994 to 1996. In 1992 and again in 1997, he helped organize family pilgrimage trips to Switzerland for the Foundation, also serving as tour guide on both occasions.
From the age of 18 until the end of his life, he was a member of the Chapel of the Cross (Episcopal) parish in Chapel Hill.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Frances; one son Robert Frederick and wife, Ann, of Arlington, Va.; and three grandchildren, Katherine, Colleen, and Robert. Services will take place Apr. 5 at 2:00 at the Chapel of the Cross, followed by interment in the churchyard and a reception for friends in the church parlor.
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