Obituaries
Pathbreaking Judge
Phyllis Whitman Beck ’49
“Brown was Always His First Love”
Remembering Dean Eric Widmer
Sustainability Pioneer
Harold Ward was an environmental studies elder, beloved by students and colleagues.
The Good Fight
Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards ’80 fought injustice of all kinds
Theater Maverick
Richard Foreman ’59 mesmerized the downtown NYC performance scene
A Physicist and a Humanist
Nobel Prize–winning physicist Leon Cooper saw science as a thing of beauty
Love on the Rocks
Geologist Jan Tullis was a uniquely adored mentor to generations of students
Postmodern Lit Pioneer
Robert Coover deconstructed the classics and predicted the digital age
Racial Justice Scientist
Dr. Lundy Braun researched racial bias in medicine and its effect on patient care.
Stories Well Spun
Shay Youngblood ’94 MFA read people as skillfully as she read books, holding their stories with care
Book Maverick
Tom McCormack ’54 turned St. Martin’s Press into an industry juggernaut
Battling Big Pharma
Expert witness David Egilman ’74, ’78 MD
A Compassion for Students
Eric Estes, beloved vice president for campus life
‘What Could Be’
Visionary inventor Mulalo Doyoyo saw potential everywhere—and acted on it.
LGBTQ Legal Warrior
Pat Logue ’81 won some of the most consequential gay rights cases in legal history
‘Galen Had Time for Everybody’
Remembering a physician who crossed all types of barriers
Father of Sperm Banking
Jerome K. Sherman ’47 developed the technique that helped make the artificial insemination industry boom decades later.
Theater Dynamo
Remembering professor and director Lowry Marshall (1944-2023)
Preservation Pioneer
Beverly Moss Spatt ’45 helped save countless NYC landmarks
Accessible Academic
English professor and prolific author Mari Ruti ’88 was—like the body of work she leaves behind—authentic, irreverent, and wise
Black Hawk Down
A pioneer in military aviation