A family memorial service will be held in Virginia with burial in the United Methodist cemetery in Churchtown, Pa.
An online obituary is available here.
Prof. Glenn Welliver, Who Taught German at DePauw for 38 Years, Dies at Age 82
November 12, 2015
Glenn E. Welliver, professor emeritus of German at DePauw University and a member of the faculty for 38 years, died November 8 at his home in Berryville, Virginia, He was 82 years old. (at right: Professor Welliver in 1986)
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on February 20, 1933, Glenn Edwin Welliver graduated with high honors from Dickinson College in 1955. He went on to receive his Ph.D. in German from Northwestern University after serving for two years in the U.S. Army.
Welliver joined the DePauw faculty as an instructor of German. He was named an assistant professor in 1964, and was promoted to associate professor in 1968 and professor in 1976. Dr. Welliver chaired his department from 1983 until his retirement in 1999.
His teaching focused on German culture and literature in addition to innovative language instruction. Welliver's sabbaticals took him to German-speaking areas, and he visited the former East Germany shortly after the reunification of the country.
Professor Welliver's survivors include his wife, Edith, who taught German and Russian at DePauw from 1983-89.