UChicago News

Herman L. Sinaiko, longtime College professor and Plato scholar, 1929-2011

Susie Allen — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:06 -0500

Update: A memorial service for Herman L. Sinaiko will take place Friday, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. in Bond Chapel. Seating will begin at 3:30. Those who cannot attend the service may view it on cTV or at the UChicago Live page on Facebook.

Herman L. Sinaiko, a beloved teacher in the College and a scholar of Plato, died Sunday, Oct. 2 in Hyde Park after battling lung cancer...

University community mourns loss of Mandeep Bedi, AB’10

Sara Olkon — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:54 -0500

UPDATE: A campus remembrance of Mandeep Bedi’s life will be held Thursday, Sept. 1. Members of the campus community are welcome to attend.

It is customary in the Sikh tradition to wear white at the time of mourning. Elizabeth Bedi, Mandeep’s widow, invites guests to follow this tradition, if they choose, and to consider wearing white, light or bright colors.

The schedule for Thursday is as follows:

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Morgan Buerkett, rising second-year in College, 1992-2011

Sara Olkon — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:46 -0500

Morgan Buerkett, a rising second-year in the College, died Sunday, July 24 in a private plane crash. She was 19.

Her parents, Jon and Dana Buerkett, also died in the accident.

“She will be painfully missed,” said Susan Art, Dean of Students for the College.

Buerkett, also known as “Moe,” was a resident of Woodward House in her first year. She was a member of the volleyball team and belonged to the Delta Gamma sorority.

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David Logan, AB’39, JD’41, supporter of arts and journalism, 1918-2011

Sara Olkon — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:48 -0500

David Logan, AB’39, JD’41, a longtime supporter of the arts and investigative reporting who left an enduring legacy at the University of Chicago, has died.

The prominent Chicago attorney and investor died of natural causes Jan. 22 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He was 93.

The mark that Logan left on campus includes the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, the future hub for the University’s...

Charles M. Jacobs, health care pioneer and creative force in the arts, 1933-2010

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:18 -0500

Charles M. Jacobs, AB,’53, JD’56, a founding member of the Compass Players improvisational troupe who went on to invent a quality-control methodology that made evidence-based health care widely available, died Oct. 25 in Boston. He was 77 and a resident of Brookline, Mass.

Born Charles David Jacobs on May 28, 1933, in Brooklyn, N.Y., he acquired the middle initial “M” through a process now obscure to family members, but it stuck.

Jacobs won a...

John Haugeland, scholar and former Philosophy Department chair, 1945–2010

Susie Allen — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:00 -0500

John Haugeland, a scholar known for his work on philosophy of mind, died June 23 following a May 22 heart attack that occurred during a conference held in his honor. He was 65.

At the conference, James Conant, Chairman of Philosophy and the Chester D. Tripp Professor in Humanities, Philosophy and the College, praised Haugeland’s “profound and lasting contributions to many...

Don Browning, Divinity School scholar of marriage and the family, 1934–2010

Susie Allen — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:00 -0500

Don Browning, a professor in the Divinity School and a leading scholar on marriage in America, died June 3 at his home in Hyde Park. He was 76.

A service for Browning will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 10 at the Hyde Park Union Church. The Divinity School plans to hold an additional memorial service in the fall.

Don Browning, the Alexander Campbell Professor Emeritus of Ethics and the Social Sciences in the Divinity School, studied the influence of religion on...