Human: What was the name of the chair of the German Department at Ohio State University? Assistant: 
The chair of the German Department at Ohio State University was named Cunz. He was criticized by some within the profession as an ivory tower conservative at pains to conceal both his gay and Jewish identities, and he resigned from the Modern Language Association, regarding it as overly politicized. Following the death of Cunz at age 58 in 1969, Seidlin felt isolated in the Worthington house they had shared and found himself increasingly at odds with Cunz's successor as chair of the