Rouse, Dorothee H.

Dorothee H. Rouse, the wife of the late Dr. Hunter Rouse, dean of the University of Iowa College of Engineering and director of the Iowa Institute for Hydraulic Research, died Jan. 14, 2011, at age 101, at Surprise, Ariz. She was born in Gotha, Germany, Oct. 23, 1909. While studying at Munich, she met Rouse an American graduate student from MIT. They married July 7, 1932, at Erfurt, Germany, and sailed to the U.S. that summer. Dr. Rouse taught at MIT from 1932 to 1933, Columbia University from 1933 to 1935, CALTECH from 1936 to 1939, and the U of I from 1939 to 1976. His career took him throughout the world lecturing and consulting often accompanied by Dorothee. When Dr. Rouse retired in 1976, they moved to Sun City, Ariz., and until 1988, spent summers in Fort Collins, Colo., where he gave a graduate seminar at CSU. He also lectured occasionally at ASU in Tempe, Ariz.

Dorothee was preceded in death by her husband on Oct. 16, 1996, at Sun City; the couple had been married 64 years.

She is survived by two sons, Richard H. (Mary) Rouse of Los Angeles, and Allan H. Rouse of Phoenix, Ariz.; daughter, Patricia M. (Glenn) Heubner of Evansville, Ind.; three grandsons, Thomas R. (Cheri) Rouse, Andrew H. (Beth) Rouse and Jonathan J. (Robin) Rouse; three granddaughters, Kris M. (Donald) Bly, Elizabeth M. (Troy) Cook and Sarah K. (Michael) O'Leary; 11 great-grandchildren; and five stepgreat-grandchildren.

Services will be private and ashes distributed at her request.

Arrangements by Menke Funeral Home, Sun City, Arizona.

Donations may be made in her name to a hospice organization of choice.