Rest in peace: Armand E. Singer, 1914-2007
Armand E. Singer, Ph.D. (Duke U.), WVU professor emeritus of romance languages, world traveler, Don Juan specialist, editor, died July 12, 2007, at Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va. Dr. Singer was associated with WVU since he signed on as a teaching fellow in 1940. He combined a lifetime of teaching experience with a love for poetry.
“Since time out of mind, mountains have served as religious symbols…[and]…It scarcely needs saying that external nature –- mountain, plain, or sea –- inspired literary reactions at least as long ago as the descriptive similes of Homer and Virgil.”
–- Armand E. Singer (1982), in the introduction to Essays on the Literature of Mountaineering
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June 29th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
I met Professor Singer once at the 1992 WVU Annual Colloquium, when I gave a paper that was distinctly unpopular with its audience. Professor Singer, however, treated me with exemplary courtesy. I later discovered he was a stamp collector (as am I), and a distinguished one (as I am not). I just came across his name five minutes ago, when I discovered he had written a book on Paul Bourget, on whom I project an article. If we had more men now–and I do mean men–like Professor Singer, then academia would be a better place. R.I.P. and God bless. M. D. Allen, University of Wisconsin–Fox Valley