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William F. Kelleher Jr. Dies
William Kelleher, associate professor of anthropology at the Maxwell School since 2005, passed away on Sept. 18 in Syracuse. 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 Syracuse. 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…
Monday Memorial Service Planned to Celebrate Life of Maxwell Alumna Rachel Horlings
A memorial service celebrating the life of Rachel Horlings Ph.D ’11 will be held on Monday, April 1, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The University community is welcome to attend. Parking will be available in the Irving Garage. A…
Arthur Storch, Syracuse Stage Founding Producing Artistic Director, Former Chair of SU Department of Drama, Dies at 87
“Live theater offers not only that magical communion that happens when we are surrounded by other people, the audience, sharing moments with live actors on stage, but the expectation that what we are witnessing may truly touch us, open doors…
Jules R. Setnor, benefactor of SU’s Setnor School of Music, dies at 101
Jules R. Setnor ’32 M.D.’35, a generous benefactor of Syracuse University’s Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music and Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, died Friday, Dec. 21, at his home in Longmeadow, Mass., at age…