On November 27, 2011, DR. PAUL C. ERGLER, SR., beloved husband of the late Dorothy Ergler (nee Pollard) and the late Eris Bailey-Ergler, devoted father of Paul C. Ergler, Jr.; Jeannette E. Maybin and Jennifer E. Robinson. Father-in-law of Sherry Krutsinger Ergler; Arthur Maybin, III and John Robinson, Jr. Loving grandfather of Lindsay Maybin Weathers and husband Stephen; Caitlin Maybin; Sarah and Joshua Robinson and great-grandfather of Sydney Hannah Weathers.
Dr. Ergler, a retired aeronautical engineer and business management professor, died of cardiac arrest. He was born in Pittsburgh in 1919, and raised in Upper Darby Pennsylvania. He attended Drexel University, where he studied aeronautical engineering in a co-op program with Glenn L. Martin Company, which later became Martin Marietta. He tried to enlist in World War II, but the Martin Company needed his services at the time, and he spent 35 years at Martins, working on numerous aircraft and NASA projects in cutting edge technologies and becoming manager of quality control.
Dr. Ergler earned his Master of Business Administration from Drexel University in late 1950’s, and later completed his Ph.D in Business Administration at George Washington University. He became a Professor of Management at Loyola College and taught in MBA and undergraduate programs there for over 20 years. He challenged students, and had a reputation for being tough as well as for providing solid opportunities for learning.
Dr. Ergler lived in Glen Arm for over 50 years, was active in his church, as a scoutmaster for a time, and as a Shriner and a Mason.
Friends may call the Funeral Home, 8521 Loch Raven Blvd. (beltway exit 29B) on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM. All are invited to attend Funeral Services in St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church on Thursday at 11 AM. Interment in adjoining cemetery. Donations may be made in his memory to St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3911 Sweet Air Road, Phoenix, MD 21131 or Shriners Children’s Hospital, Office of Development, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa. FL 33607.