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Retired Philosphy Professor Edward McClennen Dies
Edward McClennen, 77, who retired earlier this year from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ as professor of philosophy and political science after teaching at the University since 2003, died Saturday, Nov. 2. Ben Bradley, chair of the Department of Philosophy in The College…
Retired Professor H. Daniel Smith Dies
H. Daniel Smith (1928-2013), a professor of Hinduism and Asian religions in The College of Arts and Sciences from 1958-1993, died of complications from esophageal cancer on Oct. 1 in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. Along with the impact he had on SU’s religion…
Memorial Service to be Held Friday for Alex Sellen ’13
A memorial service for ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ alumnus Alex Sellen ’13, will be held Friday, Sept. 27 at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Sellen, a May graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast…
William F. Kelleher Jr. Dies
William Kelleher, associate professor of anthropology at the Maxwell School since 2005, passed away on Sept. 18 in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. A cultural anthropologist, Kelleher was an affiliate of the European Union Center in the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, and much…
Maxwell School Professor Christina Merchant Dies
Christina Sickles Merchant, a professor of practice in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, passed away on Aug. 5. Since 2007, Merchant taught a wide variety of classes on…
Former Maxwell Dean Guthrie S. Birkhead Jr. Dies at 92
Guthrie S. Birkhead Jr., dean emeritus of the Maxwell School and a professor of public administration and political science for 50 years, died on July 22 in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. Birkhead served as Maxwell’s dean from 1977-88, after having taught at Maxwell…
Memorial Service for Kay Moeckly Wiggins to Be Held June 28
A memorial service for professor emerita of nursing Kay Moeckly Wiggins will be held Friday, June 28, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Wiggins was a groundbreaking scholar, educator and administrator during a career of more than 40 years in…
Television Reporter Edward Hotaling ’59 Dies
Edward Hotaling ’59, a legendary television reporter whose research in 2000 uncovered the use of slave labor in building the White House and Capitol building, died June 3 in Staten Island. He was 75. Hotaling’s discovery led to a Congressional…
Memorial Service for Maxwell Professor William Duncombe to Be Held June 7
William D. Duncombe, professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, senior research associate in Maxwell’s Center for Policy Research (CPR) and associate director of CPR’s Education Finance and Accountability Program, died…
University Community Remembers Law Professor Ted Hagelin
Theodore “Ted” Hagelin of Manlius, a professor in the College of Law for 35 years, died of cancer on Saturday, May 18. He was 70. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, at Hendricks…