Egon Spengler It is implied in one episode of the animated series that Spengler accidentally burned down his family's garage. Spengler is the only original Ghostbuster to return for the "Extreme Ghostbusters" series as a regular, acting as a mentor to the new Ghostbusters (the others appeared for a two-part episode, "Back in the Saddle"), and monitoring and sustaining the Containment Unit while working as a paranormal studies professor at a university. He is the de facto leader of the new, younger team of Ghostbusters; although the old team had gone into retirement after they apparently dealt with all the ghosts in
Joseph J. Spengler Interpretations, Past and Present" has the dedication: To Dorothy Kress Spengler, my wife, companion, and co-worker for fifty years In 2004, the History of Economics Society established the annual Joseph J. Spengler Prize for the best book published on the history of economics. Joseph J. Spengler Joseph John Spengler (19 November 1902 – 2 January 1991) was an American economist, statistician, and historian of economic thought. A recipient of the 1951 John Frederick Lewis Award of the American Philosophical Society and the 1981 Distinguished Fellow Award from the History of Economics Society, he was Professor Emeritus of Economics at Duke