Roger C. Schlobin passes away at age 72
Roger Clark Schlobin, an educator and scholar whose teaching career spanned more than four decades, died on April 25, 2017. He was 72.
He believed in the transformative power of education. He taught college English courses for more than 40 years and was a professor emeritus of Purdue University North Central and a retired visiting assistant professor at East Carolina University.
Schlobin earned a doctorate in medieval literature and languages from Ohio State University. He was also a past editor of The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. During his teaching career, he cultivated many lasting friendships with faculty and students.
He enjoyed time with his family, friends and feline companions. He also enjoyed tinkering with “Baby,” his 1977 Datsun 280Z.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Susan McGee.
He is remembered by his wife, Peggy Novotny; his stepchildren, Jenna Stewart, Claire Novotny Merritt, Elizabeth Bromberg and Jacob Novotny; his step-grandchildren, Julian Merritt, Paul Stewart and Laurel Jane Stewart; and his nephew and niece, Jesse and Eleanor March-McGee.