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I've just received the sad news that Professor Ronald Finucane died last month. Here's a memorial notice written by one of his colleagues in History at Oakland University. If you would like to send a message to his widow, Claudia Voit, please write to her in care of the History Dept. secretary, Janet Chandler (whose address is given below the notice).
Sherry Reames
The Department of History at Oakland University is deeply saddened to
announce the sudden passing of Professor Ronald C. Finucane. Professor
Finucane, an internationally acclaimed scholar of Medieval history, died on
September 1, 2009 after a short illness. He is survived by his wife, Claudia
Voit, as well as a son, and a step-daughter.
The author of four important and very well-received books, a winner of
numerous fellowships and research grants, and a Fellow of the prestigious
Royal Historical Society, Professor Finucane was also the recipient of
Oakland University's highest honor in 2007 when he was given the title of
Distinguished Professor, an honor accorded to only a handful of faculty
members in Oakland's fifty year history. Previously he had won Oakland's
coveted Research Excellence Award. All of these honors are a testament to
his illustrious reputation on campus, across the nation, and around the
globe.
Ronald Finucane came to Oakland in the early 1990s to become Department
Chair, a post he held for three terms. He was later known to many Oakland
students as one of the department's undergraduate advisors, a task that
required regular meetings with history majors and minors to plan coursework,
oversee graduation requirements, and consult about career goals. Several of
Professor Finucane's former students at Oakland, inspired by his teaching
and example, later went on to pursue graduate degrees in history themselves.
Ronald Finucane was many things to those of us at Oakland: a teacher and
advisor to students, a department chair, colleague, and friend to fellow
faculty and staff. His contributions to the life of the department and
university community were many and varied and he will be missed greatly.
Colleagues, students, former students, and friends gathered for an
informal, open-house celebration of the life of Ronald Finucane on Saturday
September 12th.
Janet Chandler
History Department
416 Varner Hall
Oakland University
Rochester MI 48309
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