Roland Folter ’67 AM, ’69 PhD

Roland Folter ’67 AM, ’69 PhD, of Larchmont, N.Y.; Aug. 30. He was a rare book cataloger at the Beinecke Library before becoming a professor of German at the University of Illinois. He was also a director of H.P. Kraus Rare Books in New York from 1977 to 2023. A former violinist in the Frankfurt Youth Symphony Orchestra, he published two books  and was a member of the Bibliographical Society of America, the International Association of Bibliophiles, and the Grolier Club. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Kraus.