Feig Lecture

Werner Feig was a beloved history teacher who taught at Nightingale from 1991 until his death in 1997. He is remembered as a gifted educator who had a passion for history, a devotion to his students, and an irreverent sense of humor. The Werner Feig Memorial Lecture, held each year, honors the legacy he left within the Nightingale community.

Mr. Feig was born in 1932 in Breslau, Germany. As a young child, he moved to Hongkew, a Jewish ghetto of Shanghai, China, to escape the Holocaust. He later came to the United States and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended high school and college. He received an M.A.T. from Harvard University in 1959 and an M.A. in political science from the University of Chicago in 1965. After a distinguished teaching career at Scarsdale High School, he came to Nightingale where the impact of his inspiring life and teaching can still be felt today.