NORMAN RUDICH

NORMAN RUDICH, professor of Letters and of Romance Languages and Literatures emeritus, died Dec. 20, 2007. He was 85. A graduate of the City College of New York, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he received master’s and doctoral degrees from Princeton University. He also did graduate work at the Sorbonne. In 1952, he joined the Wesleyan faculty and served with distinction until his retirement in 1991. An accomplished scholar, he edited two notable books, Premières Oeuvres (with J. Varloot) and Weapons of Criticism,and published numerous articles, essays, and reviews. He was one of the founding members of Wesleyan’s College of Letters. Notes former colleague Paul Schwaber, “Norman was a master teacher, a brilliant dialectician, a committed Marxist, and an engaging and stimulating colleague.” He is survived by a son, Steven Rudich ’84, a daughter; and four grandchildren.