Alan Shiller, of O’Fallon, Mo., and an instructor in the Department of Speech Communication within SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, of natural causes. He was 62.
For more than 30 years, Shiller taught speech communication courses at the university level. He earned a bachelor’s from Emerson College in Boston. After earning a master’s at Purdue University, he accepted a faculty appointment at the University of Georgia. In 1980, he accepted an offer as an assistant professor at Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Mo.
Schiller joined the SIUE faculty in 1999 teaching Oral Argumentation Skills, Nonverbal Communication, Interviewing, Strategies for Teaching Speech, Interpersonal Communication and Public Speaking. He received SIUE’s 2001 Outstanding Professor of the Year award.
Arrangements are being managed by The Baue Funeral and Memorial Center in St. Charles, Mo. Visitation at Baue will be held 4-9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. Funeral service at Baue will be noon, Thursday, Jan. 2.
In lieu of flowers, please consider giving to the following organizations: Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership of Missouri; 974 Shadow Pine Dr., Fenton, MO, 63026; or the Adrienne Arsht Ailey Camp Miami Fund; 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL, 33132.
For a complete obituary, see the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.