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Siegfried E. Engelmann is a passionate philosopher who has dedicated the past forty years to advancing the theory and practice of instruction. He was born November 26, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. Engelmann married Therese Piorkowski at the age of 21, and two years later he completed his Honors BA in Philosophy at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. According to Contemporary authors: New revision series (1998), Therese and Siegfried raised four children. Following graduation Engelmann worked from 1955 to 1960 as a self-employed investment counselor. From 1960 to 1964 he served as the creative director, vice-president and holder of various other positions in advertising agencies. In a feature article in the National Review, Richard Nadler (1998) linked Engelmann's advertising job to his future in education: