James Reece

James Reece passed away on March 7, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho. He was born on Nov. 24, 1944, in Palo Alto, Calif. As an undergraduate at PLU, he studied abroad in Germany at the University of Heidelberg, where he recognized his passion for German language and literature. He graduated magna cum laude from PLU with a bachelor’s degree in German. After PLU, he earned a master’s degree and a doctorate from the University of Oregon alongside lifelong friend Gerald Fetz ’66. In 1970, Reece relocated to Moscow, where he spent 38 years teaching German language and literature at the University of Idaho.