Margaret Haupt
November 26, 1940 ~ April 8, 2016
Margaret Isabelle Haupt, 75, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2016, at Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy after a lengthy struggle with cancer. Memorial Service: 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2016, at the Coe College Clark Alumni House on College Drive. A reception will follow the service. Burial will be at a later date at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas. Arrangements are with Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids.
Ms. Haupt enjoyed a 40-year teaching career at Coe College as the Joan and Abbott Lipsky Professor Emerita of Political Science. She retired in 2006. While at Coe, she also served as Director of Thursday Forum and Director of the Washington, D.C. Term.
A life-long supporter of classical music and the performing arts, Ms. Haupt served on the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre board.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Reverend John and Esther (Hart) Haupt; brother, Robert Haupt; and beloved friend, Maxine Moore.
Memorials may be directed to Coe College Friends of Music, Coe College Thursday Forum, Mercy Family Caregivers Center, or the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library.
Special thanks for the unconditional love and compassionate care given by the staff of both Home Instead and Hospice of Mercy.
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Dr. Haupt was my advisor at Coe College from 1987 to 1991. She was a wonderful professor and mentor. She never revealed her political leanings and kept us secretly guessing, although most of us were convinced she was a Republican. She was kind and soft spoken and once gave my friend Pete Wernimont and I her tickets to the CR Symphony. It was a real treat to get away from campus and the East Side Maidrite and we really appreciated her thoughtfulness. After graduation, I would meet Dr. Haupt for breakfast if I were in town, and we always had such nice visits. I could never call her Margaret, she was always Dr. Haupt to me. She taught me so much and I am saddened to hear of her death.
Professor Haupt was my teacher at Coe College in 1983. She taught me Political Science. I always remember how excited she would get when there would be an upcoming election. She taught me so much about the political process and anytime there’s an election in my state I think about her and the fond memories I have of being in class with her. I found a love of politics and government in her class, she will never be forgotten.