Cornelius "Cornie" Loew
Oct. 31, 1998
Cornelius "Cornie" Loew, former vice president of
academic affairs and University professor emeritus died Oct.
23 in Troy, Mich. He was 82.
Loew had a long association with the University, beginning
here in 1956 as a professor of philosophy and religion. He was
named head of the department of philosophy and religion in 1958,
associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1964 and
dean in 1968. He became Vice President for Academic Affairs in
1977 and served in that role for two years. In 1980, he was granted
the title of University Professor. He retired in 1986.
The author of numerous articles and two books, "Modern
Rivals to Christian Faith" and "Myth Sacred History
and Philosophy," he also co-authored a book with Dr. Charles
T. Brown, titled "The Conflict in the American Dream."
In 1970, Loew received a Danforth Administrators Fellowship
and special leave from WMU for four months of research at Atlanta
University and for travel in Africa. He was also elected a Kent
Fellow of the Society for Religion in Higher Education and was
later a member of the society's central committee and board of
directors. He was currently a member of the board of directors
for WMU's Cistercian Studies program and had been since 1973.
Memorials can be made to The Kathryn Loew Scholarship Fund
through the WMU Foundation, the Loew Lecture Series through the
Medieval Institute or Cranbook Hospice in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
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