in 1930, feigl married maria kaspar and emigrated with her to the united states, settling in iowa to take up a position in the philosophy department at the university of iowa. their son, eric otto, was born in 1933. in 1940, herbert feigl accepted a position as professor of philosophy at the university of minnesota, where he remained for 31 years. his close professional and personal relationship with wilfrid sellars produced many different collaborative projects, including the textbook "readings in philosophical analysis" and the journal "philosophical studies", which he and sellars (with other colleagues) founded in 1949. in 1953, he established the minnesota center for philosophy of science (the first center of its kind in the united states) with a grant from the hill foundation. he was appointed regents professor of the university of minnesota in 1967.