Background
Scherger was born in Laurenceburg, Indiana October 21, 1874 to Christian and Margaret (née Rush) Scherger, both recent immigrants from Germany.
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Scherger was born in Laurenceburg, Indiana October 21, 1874 to Christian and Margaret (née Rush) Scherger, both recent immigrants from Germany.
He was educated at the Indiana University (Bachelor of Arts, 1894). The University of Leipzig (1895-1890). And the University of Berlin in Germany (1896-1898), and received a Doctor of Philosophy in 1899 from Cornell University.
He was the third President of Columbia College Chicago from 1927 to 1929. He was a minister, musician, writer, historian, and educator who was a professor of history at the Armour Institute of Technology (now Illinois Institute of Technology) and at the Columbia College of Expression (now Columbia College Chicago), in Chicago, Illinois. He taught at the Armour Institute from 1899 until 1933.
He wrote on the subjects of history and political science and his books include The Evolution of Modern Liberty, You and Your World, The Genesis and Development of the American and the French Declarations of the Rights of Manitoba, The Evolution of the German Empire, and Mummies and How to Revive Them.
He lectured as part of the Chautauqua Lecture Circuit and spoke widely around the Midwest on topics such as The Mission of Culture and Lincoln: A Manitoba for the Ages. At the Columbia College of Expression, he began teaching classes in English and English Literature in 1915.
By the early 1920s, he was Dean of the departments of Public Speaking, Public Debate & Lectures, and History. He died March 31, 1941 in Chicago.
His pallbearers included Illinois governor Dwight H. Green, Chicago Mayor Edward Joseph Kelly, United States Senator Wayland Brooks, and department store owner West.A. Wieboldt.
Married Bertha Mittelstaedt, January 18, 1898.