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Pratt Mourns Visionary Architect William Katavolos & his Legacy as a Faculty Member & Alumnus

Longtime Pratt Institute faculty member William Katavolos, BID ‘49, has died at the age of 96. An architect, designer, and teacher, Katavolos served since the 1970s on the School of Architecture faculty and was the co-director of …

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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…