William "Bill" Frederick Podlich, 92, ASU professor emeritus, died Jan. 16, 2008. At the age of 20, he graduated from Towson State Teacher's College in Maryland and later obtained a master's degree at Teachers College at Columbia University in New York. After the war, he attained his doctorate from the State University of Iowa and moved his family to Tempe, where he began his 32-year teaching career in the education department at ASU. Podlich was an accomplished scholar who wrote and was awarded one of the first National Science Foundation grants at ASU. He also helped attract new faculty to the university. His leadership experiences at ASU included service as director of student teaching, president of the Faculty Assembly and president of the Faculty Association. After retiring from ASU in August 1981, Podlich devoted much of his time to volunteer work in politics and service in the United Nations Association, both locally and at the state level. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Margaret, three children, seven grandchildren.