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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Jane Ellen
Hittinger
May 28, 1948 – January 23, 2018
Obituary
Jane Ellen Hittinger, née Ackerman, died at St. John Medical Center January 23, 2018, at the age of 69.
Born May 28, 1948, in Independence Missouri, she received her B.A. in Spanish from the University of Missouri (1970), and both an M.A. and Ph.D in Spanish Literature from the University of Kentucky (1982).
After a brief teaching stint as an Assistant Professor of Spanish Literature at Kalamazoo College, Dr. Hittinger served for more than thirty-five years as a professor and scholar at the University of Tulsa. A devoted teacher and colleague, she was twice chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Comparative Literature, and twice chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. She was recognized as Distinguished Teacher in 1986 and awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award by Henry Kendall College in 1992. Her care of the William H. and Rita Bell Lectureship and her advisory work for the Gilcrease Museum are only two examples of her service to the Tulsa community.
For her moral and professional integrity, she was loved and respected by two generations of colleagues and students. Upon her retirement in 2017, she became Professor Emerita of TU.
Dr. Hittinger enjoyed an international reputation for her work in Carmelite Studies, particularly for her translations of John of the Cross, The Living Flame of Love (1995), and for her groundbreaking book Elijah Prophet of Carmel (2003). Her research was supported by the National Government of Spain, the Ford Foundation, and Fordham University.
She leaves behind her beloved husband Francis Russell Hittinger III, who is the William K. Warren Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa.
Hittinger is survived by her brother John Ackerman, of Boulder, CO, and by her sister Judy Wulf and niece Melinda Capen, both of Portland, OR.
Viewing and rosary will be at Christ the King Church at 7:00 p.m., on Thursday, February 1st. Her funeral Mass will be at Christ the King on Friday, February 2nd, at 11:00 a.m .
Those who wish to honor Jane's memory may make a donation in her name to Clear Creek Monastery https://clearcreekmonks.org and to Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma https://cctulsa.org
FITZGERALD IVY CHAPEL, 918-585-1151
Born May 28, 1948, in Independence Missouri, she received her B.A. in Spanish from the University of Missouri (1970), and both an M.A. and Ph.D in Spanish Literature from the University of Kentucky (1982).
After a brief teaching stint as an Assistant Professor of Spanish Literature at Kalamazoo College, Dr. Hittinger served for more than thirty-five years as a professor and scholar at the University of Tulsa. A devoted teacher and colleague, she was twice chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Comparative Literature, and twice chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. She was recognized as Distinguished Teacher in 1986 and awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award by Henry Kendall College in 1992. Her care of the William H. and Rita Bell Lectureship and her advisory work for the Gilcrease Museum are only two examples of her service to the Tulsa community.
For her moral and professional integrity, she was loved and respected by two generations of colleagues and students. Upon her retirement in 2017, she became Professor Emerita of TU.
Dr. Hittinger enjoyed an international reputation for her work in Carmelite Studies, particularly for her translations of John of the Cross, The Living Flame of Love (1995), and for her groundbreaking book Elijah Prophet of Carmel (2003). Her research was supported by the National Government of Spain, the Ford Foundation, and Fordham University.
She leaves behind her beloved husband Francis Russell Hittinger III, who is the William K. Warren Professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Tulsa.
Hittinger is survived by her brother John Ackerman, of Boulder, CO, and by her sister Judy Wulf and niece Melinda Capen, both of Portland, OR.
Viewing and rosary will be at Christ the King Church at 7:00 p.m., on Thursday, February 1st. Her funeral Mass will be at Christ the King on Friday, February 2nd, at 11:00 a.m .
Those who wish to honor Jane's memory may make a donation in her name to Clear Creek Monastery https://clearcreekmonks.org and to Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma https://cctulsa.org
FITZGERALD IVY CHAPEL, 918-585-1151
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