FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DR. WALTER G. EMGE, FORMER MANHATTAN COLLEGE PROVOST AND PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, DEAD AT 68

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Dr. Walter G. Emge, professor of philosophy and former provost of Manhattan College, died in a fire in his home on Monday, April 25, 2005. He was 68.

Dr. Emge joined the College in 1985 when he was appointed provost, and served in this position until 1996, when he returned to teaching in the philosophy department. Dr. Emge was teaching a course in ethics this semester.

“We’re shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Walter Emge,” said Brother Thomas Scanlan, president of Manhattan College. “Walter’s passing is a great loss to our entire college community.”

Before joining Manhattan College, Dr. Emge was vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Morehead State University in Kentucky, where he also taught philosophy courses. Prior to Morehead, he served as vice president and dean of the college at Transylvania University in Lexington, KY. A Danforth Graduate Fellow, Dr. Emge earned his doctorate at Yale University, a master’s degree at the University of Toronto and a bachelor’s degree at Bellarmine College in Louisville, KY.

Dr. Emge, who first taught philosophy in 1963 at Yale University, built an impressive career in higher education. From 1972 to 1976, he served as an administrative officer at Duke University, where he held the positions of assistant to the provost, assistant dean of Trinity Arts and Sciences, and chief advisor for the health professions. In 1972 and 1973, Dr. Emge was assigned to serve as a fellow of the academic administration internship program for the American Council on Education, during which time he prepared a faculty affirmative action plan for Duke.

Dr. Emge also taught at Boston University, where he was director of undergraduate students for the department of philosophy; chair of the special committee on the quality of undergraduate education; and chair of the course approval committee for the humanities department.

The wake and funeral will be held in Evansville, Ind.

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