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Rolf O. KROGER, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology University
of Toronto
Rolf died, as he lived, with grace, courage, humour and dignity,
at home on April 18th, 2003, of advanced prostate cancer. He
was the devoted and beloved husband of Linda
WOOD. He was the
cherished son of Erna
KROGER and son-in-law of Adele
WOOD; loving
brother of Harold and Jurgen
KROGER; dear brother-in-law of Wilma
KROGER,
Edelgard
DEDO, Lorraine
WOOD, Robert and Deborah
WOOD,
and Reg WOOD; much loved uncle of Andrew
KROGER and Stephen
KROGER,
Christina and Linda
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WOOD, Taylor, Genna and Devon
WOOD,
Jonathan and Nicole
WOOD,
Phillippe
NOEL, and Jose and David
TILLETT, and nephew of Liesl
WINTER,
Otto
WINTER and Alf and
Sue MODJESKI.
Rolf was born in Hamburg, Germany, on September
28th, 1931. He emigrated to Canada in 1952, and completed a B.A.
in psychology at Sir George Williams College (now Concordia University)
in 1957. Following his M.A. (1959) at Columbia University, New
York, he received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University
of California at Berkeley in 1963. His advisor, Prof. Theodore
R. SARBIN
(Prof.
Emeritus,
University of California, Santa Cruz,)
has continued to be a valued colleague and dear friend, together
with Rolf's fellow graduate student, Prof. Karl E.
SCHEIBE of
Wesleyan University and Karl's wife Wendy. Rolf joined the Department
of Psychology at the University of Toronto in 1964 and continued
his research and writing in social psychology after retiring
in 1996. Rolf's work addressed a variety of topics concerning
the individual in the social system. His articles and papers
on the social psychology of test-taking, hypnosis, history, epistemology,
methodology and the discipline of social psychology all reflected
his dissatisfaction with the status quo combined with proposals
for new directions. For more than 20 years he has worked with
Linda A. WOOD
(University of Guelph) on topics in language and
social psychology (e.g., terms of address and politeness), and
most recently on a book on discourse analysis. At the time of
his death, he was working on a discursive critique of the 'Big
Five' personality theory enterprise and on stories of his experiences
growing up in Germany during the Second World War. Rolf also
took great pleasure in teaching and greatly valued the opportunity
to work for almost forty years with so many talented and enthusiastic
students, both undergraduate and graduate. Rolf was privileged
to have many long-lasting Friendships, and he was grateful for
the encouragement, help and comfort given by so many, especially
Bogna ANDERSSON,
Eva and Fred
BILD, Clare
MacMARTIN and Bill
MacKENZIE, Frances
NEWMAN and Fred
WEINSTEIN, Jesse
NISHIHATA,
Anne and Michael
PETERS,
Andrew and Judi
WINSTON and Lorraine
WOOD. We have also been sustained by the kindness of our neighbours
on Walmer Road. We express our particular thanks and appreciation
to family physician and friend, Dr. Christine
LIPTAY.
Our thanks
go also to the staff of Princess Margaret Hospital, to the physicians
and nurses of the Hospice Palliative Care Network Project, especially
Dr. Russell
GOLDMAN and nurses Francine
BOHN,
Joan
DYKE, Dwyla
HAMILTON, Lynda
McKEE and Ella
VAN
HERREWEGHE, and to the nurses
of St. Elizabeth, especially Liz
LEADBEATER,
Sylvia
McCALLUM
and Cecilia
McPARLAND.
Cremation was private. There will be an
Open House for remembrance and celebration on Sunday, April 27th
(3-7 p.m.), Monday, April 28th (4-8 p.m.) and Tuesday, April
29th (4-8 p.m.) at 98 Walmer Road, Toronto, Ontario M5R 2X7.
Please direct any queries to Frances
NEWMAN (416-351-0755.) In
lieu of flowers, donations to Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative
Care (700 University Avenue, Third Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5G
1Z5) or Amnesty International would be appreciated.
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