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VOGEL -- Dr. Albert William Vogel, was born on September 12, 1928 in the Bronx, New York City, and passed away on April 23 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He served in the U.S. Air Force for six years, part of that time in Alaska, where he was a flight engineer. He was transferred to New Mexico where, after completing his service, he received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from the University of New Mexico. In 1961 he completed his doctorate in Education at American University in Washington, D.C. while teaching at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia. He taught for three years at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, then returned to the University of New Mexico in 1964. He taught in the College of Education at UNM for the rest of his career, serving for much of that time as chairman of the Department of Educational Foundations. He was both an accomplished jazz musician and an avid photographer, spending his retirement years polishing his photographic skills till they reached the level of fine art. He is survived by his two daughters, Anastasia Sweeney and her husband, Anthony; Katherine Dimitroff and her huband, Thomas; and by three grandchildren, Liam Sweeney and Cassandra and Jamie Dimitroff.
        Published on: Sun April 25, 2004