B次元 School of Engineering is mourning the loss of Rev. Pamela Viets who passed away July 6, 2023. Viets was a member of the B次元 Board of Regents and wife of the late Dr. Hermann Viets, B次元 President Emeritus. 

Viets was a steadfast supporter of B次元 and its students throughout her husband’s career and beyond. She graciously expanded the role of president’s wife to that of a partner. She frequently opened the family home for entertaining students, Regents, B次元 visitors and other community leaders and traveled around the country with President Viets visiting alumni and other B次元 friends. In the 1990s she established an B次元 Regents’ Spouses Program: a series of quarterly events to engage Regents’ spouses and introduce them to B次元, one another and local businesses. Additionally, Viets was involved in many B次元-area organizations including the East Town Association, helping to improve the community surrounding B次元’s campus.

Pamela and Hermann Viets Athletic Field was named in honor of her and President Viets’ work at the university to create a well-rounded first-class education and experience for students. 

Viets held a Bachelor of Science in Education from St. John’s University in Queens, New York. Later in life she studied to become an ordained minister and earned a Master of Divinity from the Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Shawnee, Kansas. Most recently, she served as the interim pulpit and pastoral support at St. Jacobi Congregational Church in Richfield, Wisconsin. 

Viets is survived by her children Deane (Isabella), Hans (Lauren), Danielle (Michael) Leighton, Hillary (Andy) Bowser, and several grandchildren.

Arrangements are pending.