Thomas Wiegele

Education

His master"s degree and Doctor of Philosophy in political science were from the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

He founded the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, and was its executive director for over a decade. Wiegele received his bachelor"s degree from Marquette University in 1956. He was a professor of political science at Northern Illinois University, where he was the director of the Program for Biosocial Research.

He was the founding editor of the journal Politics and the Life Sciences, holding the post from 1981 to 1991.

Wiegle"s research included a study of the effects of international situations on world leaders. He analyzed voice recordings of world leaders to determine their stress levels.

Wiegele married Mary Preo. Wiegele died of an aneurysm on August 9, 1991 in DeKalb, Illinois, a Friday.

Achievements

• The Thomas C. Wiegele Interdisciplinary Dissertation Completion Award is presented to Northern Illinois University Doctor of Philosophy students writing a dissertation that bridges two academic fields. Wiegele was a Presidential Research Professor at Northern Illinois University.

Politics

His paper, Leaders Under Stress, was presented to the International Political Science Association in Moscow in 1979. He had been planning to retire that Thursday, and had been given a retirement party two days before his death.