Dr. Donald E. Schulz, 61, Great influence to the scholarly community

Don was born August 19, 1942 in Richmond, Virginia. He grew up in McLean, Virginia, the son of Hugo Schulz, a patent attorney for the U.S. government and Belle Wilder Schulz. He graduated from McLean High School in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia and and earned his undergraduate degree at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. He is an alumnus of Ohio State University where he earned his doctorate in political science specializing in international relations.

Dr. Schulz and his wife moved to Avon in 1999. They had also lived in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and had worked, lived and traveled to many parts of the world, including LaPaz, Bolivia, Mexico City, Mexico and Madrid, Spain.

Beginning his academic career at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, he then taught at California State University in Fullerton where he met his wife. He also taught at the University of Tampa and Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. He served one term as President of the Political Science Association in Illinois. He and his wife moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1991 where he, as a full professor, focused on policymaking, using his expertise as a Latin Americanist. Honest, dedicated to his research, a world traveler, his contributions will long be remembered in the professional scholarly community, where his influence was substantial.

He was a practitioner instrumental in U.S. policymaking at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. As the Latin Americanist in the Strategic Studies Institute, his specialty was Unite States policy and National security in Latin American countries. He was instrumental in the design policy on Haiti.

As a Cleveland State University Professor, Dr. Schulz taught courses in foreign policy and national security. He was the Department Chair of the Political Science Department, giving of his time and energy; he was a fair and decent man who focused on being constructive.

One way he influenced the world was to brief senior military and diplomatic officers. His specialization in Honduras was augmented by a book he and his wife Deborah Sundloff-Shulz, co-authored, The United States, Honduras and the Crisis in Central America. Their book is a thorough history of Honduran political, social and economic systems. Dr. Schulz published a great number of articles in professional/academic journals. He published many studies for the U.S. Army think tank. His ability to communicate in writing was especially useful with people in government. His interesting lectures instructed scholars, students, and educators who loved to read what he had to write. The scholarly community along with his family and fries will miss Dr. Schulz.

Dr. Schulz leaves behind his wife and her family, a brother Hugh Williams of Hagerstown, Maryland and extended family.

A memorial service will be held at the Busch-Burmeister Family Chapel, 32000 Detroit Road, Avon, Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 3:00 p.m. Rev. Fred Sundloff, Mrs. Schulz father and retired minister of the Palm Dale Presbyterian Church, Melbourne, Florida will officiate. Cremation by Busch Crematory.

As no scholar would exist without a library, the family asks that contributions be made to the Cleveland State University Library, in care of Dr. Glenda Thornton, Director, 2121 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44114 and to the Avon Public Library, Attention Ms. Charlotte Picha, 37485 Harvest Drive, Avon, Ohio 44011.

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