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Pratt Remembers Former Faculty Member John N. Berry III

John N. Berry III, library science educator and editor, passed away on October 10, 2020. He was 87. Berry served as faculty of Pratt Institute’s School of Information from 2004 to 2014. Among the courses he…

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Pratt Mourns Vice President Judy Aaron

With deep sadness, we share the heartbreaking news of the death of our great friend and colleague Vice President Judy Aaron, who passed away on August 13, 2020 from complications following a heart attack. Today, we mourn the loss of…

Picture of Pete Hamill with the Patchin Place street sign, photographed by Deirdre Hamill, Quest Imagery

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Pratt Mourns Legendary Journalist Pete Hamill

Pete Hamill, New York City journalistic icon, literary luminary, and Pratt Legend and alumnus, passed away on August 5, 2020. He was 85. Hamill grew up in Brooklyn, near Prospect Park. After leaving high school to work at the Brooklyn…

Richard Bove with student work in 1959. From the Pratt Institute Archives Negatives Collection.

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Pratt Mourns the Passing of Richard Bove

Richard Bove, BFA Illustration ’42, emeritus faculty member of fine arts, passed away in May. Born in Brooklyn in 1920, Bove cultivated a lifelong career as an artist and educator, influencing generations of Pratt Institute students and forging lasting bonds…

Portrait of Nancy Ai Tseng Miao Twitchell

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Pratt Mourns the Loss of Nancy Ai-Tseng Miao Twitchell

Nancy Ai-Tseng Miao Twitchell, FAIA, pioneering architect and former professor in Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture, passed away on May 29, 2020. In the remembrance below, Alex Schweder, BArch ’93, adjunct associate professor of interior design and industrial design, honors…

Picture of Jason Brooks and another instructor with students posing with certificates from a self defense class

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Pratt Mourns the Loss of Jason Brooks

Jason Brooks, Public Safety Supervisor, passed away on March 20, 2020. Jason worked for three years at Pratt, where among his contributions was teaching students personal safety as one of the self-defense instructors on campus. He also served in the…

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Pratt Mourns the Loss of David Marcinkowski

David Marcinkowski, Associate Director of Academic Computing at Pratt Manhattan, passed away on May 4, 2020, of a heart attack. He is survived by his wife, Sandra, and their seven-year-old daughter, Zoe. David worked at Pratt for more than 20…

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Pratt Mourns the Loss of Leila Tai, Award-Winning Jewelry Designer and Former Faculty Member

Leila Tai, acclaimed jewelry designer and former Pratt Institute Fine Arts faculty member, passed away on April 2, 2020. Tai taught design and rendering in the jewelry program at Pratt for close to a decade, from 2006 to 2014. Known…

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Pratt Mourns the Loss of M. Louis Goodman

M. Louis Goodman, longtime professor in the School of Architecture, passed away on April 11 at the age of 82, due to COVID-19. An accomplished architect and educator, Goodman taught advanced studios and seminars for more than 40 years at…

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Pratt Mourns the Passing of Bill Menking

With great sadness, we are sharing the news that William “Bill” Menking, renowned architectural historian, provocative writer, and tenured faculty member in the School of Architecture, died at the age of 72 after a long battle with cancer. He also…