Dr. Jared Scudder Wend

1920 - 2003  (83 years)

• Name	Jared Scudder Wend
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	29 Mar 1920	Yonkers, New York
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Apr 2003	Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  Person ID	I17259	Scudder
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2005

  
  

  Father	Milton George Wend,   b. 21 Jul 1891, Albany, Albany, New York d. 13 Jul 1983, Spencertown, New York (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Sturges Scudder,   b. 21 Aug 1892, New York d. 14 Nov 1959, Albany, Albany, New York (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1915	Schodack Centre, New York   [1]
  Family ID	F5900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	J.C. Oren
  Children	1. A.C. Wend   2. J.J. Wend   3. E.R. Wend   4. Robert Oren Wend,   b. 16 Oct 1957, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan d. 28 Jul 1963, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan (Age 5 years)   5. E.J. Wend
  Family ID	F5903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Jared graduated from Albany Academy and Middlebury College, Vermont, before serving in the Army Air Corps during WW II. He enrolled at the University of Michigan upon discharge from the service. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Michigan in Economics, and taught at the University of Detroit and Carroll College, Wisconsin, before joining the faculty of Western Michigan University in 1956. He taught at WMU for 34 years, retiring in 1990. Jared was active in the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study (KATS). He was a long-time member of the First and North Presbyterian Churches and was active in the lives of those congregations. Additionally, he was a strong advocate for social justice and was active in civil rights, peace, environmental, and other community efforts. Jared loved the out-of-doors and enjoyed skiing, hiking, canoeing and walking.

  
  

• Sources

  [S588] Wend-Kurtz in Albany.