In Memoriam: Ann Weikel, 1935-2017 nn Weikel, professor emerita of history who taught at Portland State for more than 30 years, died May 11 at her home. She was 81 years old. Prof. Weikel was born in New York City on December 26, 1935, the only child of Reba and William Weikel. She grew up in Schenectady, New York, received a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1959, and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1965. Before coming to Portland State in 1967, she taught at Mt. Holyoke and Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. An engaged citizen long before she came to Portland—as a graduate student in 1963, Prof. Weikel participated in the March on Washington— her activism continued throughout her years in Oregon. Soon after arriving in Portland she became active in the Democratic Party, campaigning for Senator Wayne Morse’s re-election in 1968. Prof. Weikel was active in the AAUP as local president and as a member of the National Executive Committee, and she served as a board member of the Episcopal Women’s History Project. Prof. Weikel’s specialty was early modern English history, and she was the editor of three volumes of Wakefield Court Rolls (1537-1540, 1550-1552, 1583-1585), published by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. She also wrote on the Counter-Reformation in Elizabethan England and authored the entry on Mary Tudor in the Dictionary of National Biography. Her academic guidance led several students to pursue doctoral studies at prestigious universities, including Cambridge. Even after retiring from Portland State in 1999, Prof. Weikel continued to teach and conduct historical research. In 2007 she was named historian and archivist of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in northwest Portland, and it was there that she taught many classes in church history. Under her direction, the cathedral’s History Guild published The History of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral: Fulfilling the Promise, 18542014. She also served on the Trinity Vestry, the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon Budget and Program Council, and the national board of the Episcopal Women’s History Project. Prof. Weikel is survived by cousins John Weikel, William Carleton Weikel, and Janet Hovis, as well as by many friends. A memorial service was held June 5 at Trinity Cathedral. --Doug Swanson 6 A
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