Estelle R. Friedman, a 1980 graduate of the Ph.D. Program in Psychology, passed away in January. She taught psychology at Quinnipiac University and was active in the New England Psychological Association. She helped found the New Haven Folk Music Society, and was also the author of a novel.

Beth Hassrick, a 1997 graduate of the Ph.D. Program in Philosophy, passed away in June 2007. In her studies, she specialized in contemporary philosophy of language, logic, and philosophy of mind. After pursuing clinical training she became a licensed psychoanalyst, and she had a private practice in Manhattan.

Alex Heller, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Mathematics at the Graduate Center, passed away in January. He joined the Ph.D. Program in 1965 and, in the course of his distinguished career, also taught at institutions such as Harvard University, the University of Illinois, and Oxford University. His primary research interests were in algebraic topology and homological algebra. As a young man, he worked on the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Gloria Thomas, who served as Assistant to the Director of the CUNY Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC), passed away in April. Before joining IRADAC, she worked for her alma mater, City College, for many years in various capacities. She was an active and highly regarded member of the Harlem community. Her spirit, energy, and passionate involvement in numerous causes, from issues of civil rights to the rebuilding of Harlem Hospital, are remembered with affection by many.