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Pratt Mourns Director of Residential Life Chris Kasik

It is with deep sadness that Pratt shares the news of the death of Chris Kasik, director of residential life in Student Affairs for almost 30 years. During Chris’s long tenure, he supported generations of residential students and residence hall…

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Pratt Mourns the Passing of J. Roger Guilfoyle

J. Roger Guilfoyle, retired longtime faculty member who served for nearly 50 years at Pratt Institute, passed away on October 20, 2021. He was 83. After coming to Pratt in 1969, Guilfoyle taught in the History of Art and Design…

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Pratt Mourns the Loss of Linda Daly

Linda Daly, artist-designer and longtime former Pratt Institute faculty member, passed away on January 21, 2021. Professor Daly taught at the Institute from 1973 to 2010, in the Associate Degree program (Textile Department) for four years and in the Fashion…

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Pratt Remembers Acclaimed Children’s Book Author and Alumnus Ted Lewin

Children’s book illustrator and active member of the Pratt Institute alumni community Ted Lewin, BFA Illustration ’56, died at the age of 86 on July 28, 2021. As longtime neighbors of Pratt’s Brooklyn campus and enthusiastic…

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Pratt Mourns the Passing of Laurel M. Thompson

Laurel M. Thompson, former chair and longtime faculty member of Pratt Institute’s Creative Arts Therapy Department, as well as an alumna of the department, passed away on June 9, 2021. She was 71. Thompson came to Pratt in 1980 with…

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Pratt Remembers Professor Emeritus Danny Gerzog

Professor Emeritus Danny Gerzog, cherished colleague, comrade, mentor, and friend to many at Pratt, passed away on February 1, 2021. Gerzog began teaching part-time at the Institute in 1959, and full-time in the Department of English and Humanities…

Portrait of Gerard “Jerry” Ramon Case (photo by Clare Berlin)

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Pratt Mourns Honorary Degree Recipient, Alumnus, and Paleontologist Jerry Case

Honorary degree recipient and alumnus Gerard “Jerry” Ramon Case, whose six decades of work in paleontology included research, illustration, and education, died on December 21, 2020, at the age of 88. On December 14, 2020,…

Dean Emeritus Seoud M. Matta (courtesy Pratt Institute School of Information On-Site Archives and Special Collections)

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Pratt Mourns the Passing of Seoud M. Matta

Dean Emeritus Seoud M. Matta has passed away. He was 83. Matta was dean of Pratt Institute’s School of Information and Library Science (now the School of Information) from 1991 to 1999. He began his…

Picture of Cliff Joseph, Screenshot from the 2006 “Conversations With Cliff Joseph”

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Pratt Remembers Cliff Joseph, Founding Art Therapy Faculty Member and Alumnus

Cliff Joseph, BFA Illustration ’53, a pioneer in the field of art therapy who helped found the Graduate Creative Arts Therapy Department at Pratt Institute, died on November 8, 2020, the age of 98. “We in…

Photo of Joseph Roberts by Bill Kontzias

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Pratt Remembers Former Faculty Member and Chairperson Joseph Roberts

Joseph Roberts, Communications Design educator and designer, passed away on October 24, 2020. He was 71. Roberts began teaching at Pratt Institute in 1981 and served as chair of the Undergraduate Communications Design Department from 1994…