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IN MEMORIAM: LOURDES LOPEZ
The Graduate Center mourns the passing of a dedicated and valued member of the Office of Human Resources team.
In Memoriam: John H. Streicker
A longtime member of the Graduate Center Foundation Board and a champion of affordable housing for students and faculty, he will be deeply missed.
IN MEMORIAM: DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS STANLEY ARONOWITZ, INFLUENTIAL LABOR ADVOCATE AND SCHOLAR
The Graduate Center community is deeply saddened by the passing of Distinguished Professor Emeritus Stanley Aronowitz, a scholar of labor and social movements and a civil and labor rights activist, who died on August 16, 2021, at age 88. Aronowitz...
IN MEMORIAM: FIDEL PEREZ
The Graduate Center community is profoundly saddened by the passing of Fidel Perez, a network security administrator in the Office of Information Technology, who died December 30, 2021. Perez joined the Graduate Center in March 2018 and was based at...
IN MEMORIAM: PROFESSOR EMERITUS ALPHONSE T. VASQUEZ
The Graduate Center community is deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Emeritus Alphonse T. Vasquez (Mathematics), who died on October 14, 2021, after a long illness. Vasquez was appointed to the Graduate Center mathematics faculty as an associate professor...
IN MEMORIAM: DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR CHARLES W. MILLS, A PHILOSOPHER WHO CHANGED THE CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE IN THE U.S.
The Graduate Center community is immensely saddened by the passing of Distinguished Professor Charles W. Mills (Philosophy) who died on September 20, 2021, at age 70 after battling cancer. He was an esteemed scholar and treasured colleague and mentor whose...
PROUD TO BE FIRST: BARBARA B. STERN WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE A DOCTORATE FROM THE GRADUATE CENTER
When Barbara B. Stern (Ph.D. ’65, English) was awarded her Ph.D., the news made The New York Times. Stern was not only the first woman to receive her doctorate from the Graduate Center (Daniel Robinson, Ph.D. ’65, Psychology, was the...
REMEMBERING FIRST GRADUATE DANIEL N. ROBINSON, A PHILOSOPHER WITH A KEEN SENSE OF HUMOR
Daniel N. Robinson, who was the first man to receive a doctorate from the Graduate Center in 1965, made a career out of being curious. At the Graduate Center, he studied neuropsychology. According to a tribute published by Oxford University...
IN MEMORIAM: JOHN GRZELEWSKI, INAUGURAL BUDGET DIRECTOR OF THE ADVANCED SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER
The Graduate Center deeply mourns the passing of John Grzelewski, budget director of the Advanced Science Research Center (CUNY ASRC). He died on August 12, 2021, following a long illness. Grzelewski joined the CUNY ASRC as its first budget director...
In Memoriam: Professor Emerita Glenis R. Long
The Graduate Center mourns the passing of Professor Emerita Glenis R. Long, who died on July 16, 2021. She is remembered as “a remarkable scientist, mentor, and collaborator in hearing-related fields for more than 40 years."