Ilse Schutz (1902-1990).

The article presents a biography of Ilse Schutz, widow of sociologist Alfred Schutz, who died in New York on June 7, 1990. Ilse is survived by her brother Eric, her children Evelyn and George, and her granddaughter Claudia. Ilse was an elegant Austrian lady. Ilse was so modest that one can doubt she was seriously aware of her own accomplishments, which are conspicuous in even the briefest review of life. The routine worlds in Vienna, Austria and New York were typical for a woman of Ilse's society, class, and era. Ilse's husband died in the year 1959, after an almost two-year illness during which Schutz could no more than outline a final full statement of his philosophical position. She also played an important role in publication of Alfred Schutz's literature. Immediately, Ilse set out to master the financial situation, which was conducted thereafter quite well. Soon Ilse arranged for a second edition of "Der sinnhafte Aufbau" in Vienna, where it had been unavailable since arrival of Nazis. Negotiations with a vanity publisher had been begun by Schutz for a volume of reprinted essays and it was agreed with Schutz to edit it, but Ilse decided upon someone else as the publisher instead and that was only a beginning. There was a great deal more to be brought out in the world of publishing and editing by Ilse Schutz.