Mostly About Me: A Path Through Different Worlds

Book by Weingartner, Rudolph H.

Rudolph H. Weingartner was bornin 1927 in Heidelberg, Germany and emigrated to New York with his family in1939. After receiving his Ph.D. from Columbia University, he taught philosophy at Columbia, San Francisco State University (then College), and Vassar College, also chairing the departments of the latter two institutions. As academic administrator, he served as dean of arts and sciences at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and as provost of the University of Pittsburgh. Weingartner has written on many topics in philosophy, including a book on Georg Simmel and another on Plato. While he is the author of numerous articles on topics of general interest, his experience in academic administration prompted him to write three books on higher education issues. When not professionally engaged, Weingartner pursues his interests in music and art, not the least of which is his a vocation of sculpting in wood.