#Repost @pbsintlpres35 ・・・ Bro. Dr. Georg Iggers (December 7, 1926 to November 26, 2017) joined the Omega Chapter. Bro. Iggers was the first white member of our wondrous band, having been initiated at Philander Smith College in 1957. Bro. Iggers fled Nazi Germany in 1938 and came to the United States. He earned his B.A. in French and Spanish from the Univ., of Richmond and his Ph.D in the History of Culture from the Univ., of Chicago. Bro. Iggers was active in the civil rights movement and was instrumental in helping to desegregate the Little Rock Public Library. His efforts inspired him to also an active member of the NAACP. A scholar among scholars, Bro. Iggers was a historian of modern Europe, historiography, and European intellectual history. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of Buffalo and 2007 recipient of the First Class Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Bro. Iggers has received the Humboldt Prize, honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Richmond, Technische Universität Darmstadt, and Philander Smith College, and fellowships from the American Philosophical Society, Fulbright Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Rockefeller Foundation. Thank you for you service and sacrifice. #IAMBK #PBS103 #PBS1914 #BrotherhoodOfConsciousmen #PhiBetaSigmaFraternityIncorporated #CultureForServiceAndServiceForHumanity