IN MEMORIAM
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Halil Inalcik, 1916-2016Prof. Halil Inalcik, a preeminent expert on the Ottoman Empire who trained two generations of scholars in the United States and Turkey, died on July 25. He was 100 years old. |
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Alison Winter, AB'87 (History & HIPSS), 1965-2016Prof. Alison Winter, a historian of science and medicine whose book on memory won the University of Chicago Press’s top honor, died late June of a brain tumor. She was 50 years old. |
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Paul Friedrich, 1927-2016Prof. Paul W. Friedrich, anthropologist, linguist and poet, died August 11 at age 88. His scholarship ranged from agrarian reform to lyric poetry to parallels between Walden and Hindu scripture. |
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Charles E. Bidwell, LAB'46, AB'5O, MA'53, PhD'56 (Education), 1932–2016Prof. Charles E. Bidwell, a sociologist of education, died November 6 at age 84. He was a lifelong Hyde Parker. |
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Janellen Huttenlocher, 1932-2016Janellen Huttenlocher, William S. Gray professor emeritus of Psychology and a founder of the field of cognitive psychology died November 19 at age 84. |
Jim Davis, 1929-2016James A. Davis, Sociologist and Founder of the General Social Survey (GSS) died on September 29. |
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Alumni |
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Mobin Shorish, PhD'72 (Education) |
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Susan J. Tolchin, AM'62 (Political Science), 1941-2016Obituary: Scholar Who Focused on Women in Politics Dies at 75 |
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Richard R. Beeman, PhD'68 (History), 1942-2016Penn History Professor, Constitution Center Trustee Dies at 74 |
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Paul Michael Green, AM'66 (History), PhD'76 (History), 1943-2016Chicago Pundit, Political Author, Educator Paul Green Dies at 73 |
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John R. Coleman, AM'49 (Economics), PhD'50 (Economics), 1921-2016Garbage Collector, Cook, and Haverford College’s Ninth President Dies at 95 |
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H. Thomas James, PhD'58 (Education), 1915-2016 |