Karen Schroeder Nicholas ’72 PhD

Karen Schroeder Nicholas ’72 PhD, of Oswego, N.Y.; Dec. 2, of complications related to a diverticular abscess. After Brown, she married and moved to Lincoln, Neb., to start a family, completing her PhD in 1972 and working as a substitute teacher before becoming an instructional designer at the University of Mid-America.When her marriage ended in 1982, she accepted positions at the University of Iowa and Central Michigan University, eventually accepting an associate professorship of history at the State University of New York at Oswego, where she taught for more than 30 years. She was a singer and instrumentalist and once a member of the Schola Cantorum of Syracuse. She was an avid reader fond of travelogs, historical romance, and science fiction. She enjoyed knitting and swimming. In retirement she focused on charity work. She is survived by a daughter, a son, two grandchildren, and two brothers.