Richard Druckenbrod

Richard Druckenbrod (May 29, 1929 — October 27, 2003) was a 20th century Pennsylvania German language teacher, historian, pastor, and writer.

Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Franklin and Marshall College. In 1951, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for study at the University of Graz in Austria. Returning from Austria, he studied at Lancaster Theological Seminary and was ordained in the United Church of Christ in 1954.

Druckenbrod was president of the Pennsylvania German Society from 1980 to 1992, and the author of the column "Es Deitsch Schtick" in The Morning Call newspaper from February 13, 1978 to July 29, 1985. Druckenbrod was a frequent preacher at church services in the Pennsylvania German dialect and a speaker at Fersommling gatherings. His dialect pseudonym was Pit Schweffelbrenner.

He also worked as a professor of theology at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania and as a professor in the Chemistry Department at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Bibliography

• Mir Schwetz Deitsch: A Guide for Learning the Skills of Reading, Writing and Speaking Pennsylvania German (1977)
• Mir Lanne Deitsch: A Guide for Learning the Skills of Reading, Writing and Speaking Pennsylvania German (1981, 1997)
• Earl C. Haag, A Pennsylvania German Anthology (1988) ISBN 9780941664295

References

• "Druckenbrod F&M Scholarship Winner," Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, May 17, 1951, p. 2.
• Obituary, The Morning Call, October 30, 2003

External links

• Grave at Fairview Cemetery in Allentown, Pennsylvania