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- [S927] Obituary.
Philip Joseph Pauly
Philip Joseph Pauly, a widely published professor who specialized in the history of science, died of complications of lymphoma at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City on April 2. The 57-year-old Ph.D. was a summer resident of East Hampton with a house on Springy Banks Road. He had been in remission for 13 years before his cancer resurfaced two years ago.
During his long and prolific career, Mr. Pauly, who had taught at Rutgers University since 1981, was the recipient of many fellowships and grants, from organizations including the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, the New York Public Library, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution.
In addition to the countless articles, chapters, and journal entries he contributed during his lifetime, Mr. Pauly published three books: ?Biologists and the Promise of American Life,? ?Controlling Life: Jacques Loeb and the Engineering Ideal in Biology,? and, most recently ?Fruits and Plains: The Horticultural Transformation of America.?
According to his wife, Michele H. Bogart, an art history professor at the State University at Stony Brook, Mr. Pauly ?was inspired by his love of gardening? in writing his latest book, which was published in December. He used the East Hampton Library for research, and was ?nurtured by his experiences in East Hampton, where he transformed a scrubby field of wild blueberries into an elegant English-style lawn,? she said.
Mr. Pauly loved to kayak in Three Mile Harbor, and was a devoted reader of The Star. His most recent letter, ?No Brainer,? appeared in the March 27 edition, where, his wife said, ?he got a bee in his bonnet about the difficulties of cellphone use by the elderly.?
Mr. Pauly and his wife lived in Brooklyn. The couple met at a party when they were both predoctoral fellows at the Smithsonian and were married on July 21, 1981. They began spending summers here in 1982, at first in a converted barn on Agnes and Leo Bogart?s property on Peter?s Path. When his in-laws bought a retirement house in Amagansett, the couple moved to the Spring Banks Road property in Hampton Waters.
He was born Sept. 3, 1950, in Cincinnati, to Vincent Pauly and the former Edyth Geile, both of whom survive him. He grew up there and earned a bachelor?s degree at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he lived between 1969 and 1975. He received his master?s degree from the University of Maryland in 1975, and then moved to Athens, Ga., between 1979 and 1981, when he taught at the University of Georgia and worked on his dissertation. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Ph.D. in the history of science in 1981.
Besides his wife and parents, who live in Finneytown, Ohio, Mr. Pauly is survived by his son, Nicholas Bogart Pauly, a student at Rutgers University who also resides in Brooklyn. He is also survived by a brother, Mark Pauly of St. Davids, Pa., and by four sisters: Rita Verderber and Linda Van Volkenburgh, both of Cincinnati, Alice Rethlake, of Houston, and Janet Steinmann, of Kings Beach, Calif.
Mr. Pauly was cremated, and a memorial service is planned for a later date. His wife asked that donations in his name be sent to the East Hampton Ladies Village Improvement Society, 95 Main Street, East Hampton 11937.
FINNEYTOWN - Philip Joseph Pauly, a professor of history at Rutgers University, died April 2 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City following a two-year battle with lymphoma.
Mr. Pauly, formerly of Finneytown, was 57. He lived in Brooklyn.
His work dealt with the interplay between academic science, social interpretations of scientific phenomena and popular interest in science. He wrote three books, including "Fruits and Plains: The Horticultural Transformation of America," published in December by Harvard University Press.
"The book shows that plants from Europe that settlers sought to grow in North America had a much more difficult time, even in the hands of Thomas Jefferson, than previous historians had imagined," said his brother Mark Pauly, of St. Davids, Pa. He also wrote "Biologists and the Promise of American Life," and "Controlling Life: Jacques Loeb and the Engineering Ideal in Biology."
He also wrote many articles for a wide range of journals covering topics from ecology to the history of medicine.
Born in Cincinnati on Sept. 3, 1950, Mr. Pauly grew up in Finneytown, where his parents, Vincent and Edyth Pauly still live.
A graduate of St. Xavier High School, he was captain of St. X's team that competed on the "It's Academic" quiz show on TV in the 1960s. Mr. Pauly received a bachelor's degree from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1971, and a master's degree from the University of Maryland in 1975.
He taught at the University of Georgia in Athens between 1979 and 1981 while working on his dissertation. He received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1981, the year he became an assistant professor at Rutgers.
Other survivors are his wife, Michele Bogart; a son, Nicholas Bogart Pauly; and four sisters, Rita Verderber of Indian Hill, Janet Steinmann of Kings Beach, Calif., Linda Van Volkenburgh of Milford, and Alice Rethlake of Katy, Texas .
Mr. Pauly's remains were cremated. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Memorial gifts are suggested to the East Hampton Ladies Village Improvement Society, 95, Main St., East Hampton, NY 11937.
- [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com).
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1950 - 2008 (57 years)