In Memoriam: Leon I. Twarog

[Smorodinskaya, Tatiana]

Dr. Leon Twarog's energy, effort and support made Slavic collection at
OSU Library to be one of the best in the country.
Vechnaia emu pamiat'.
Tatiana Smorodinska


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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Townsend
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 2:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] In Memoriam: Leon I. Twarog


Daniel,

	Leon was also the instigator and manager of a government funded

individualized instruction program which resulted in the creation in  
the 1980s of self-instructional textbooks for most of the Slavic  
languages; they were published, as I recall, in the Ohio State  
University Slavic Papers (that title may be wrong).  I think that was a

very important contribution.  Leon did a lot of useful things for our  
profession and was very pleasant to work with.

	Charles E. Townsend
	Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures
	Princeton University
On Oct 25, 2005, at 11:48 AM, Daniel Collins wrote:

> It is with sorrow that we announce the death of Dr. Leon I. Twarog
> (1919-2005) on Monday, October 24, of cancer.  Dr. Twarog was the  
> founder and longtime chair (1962-72, 1978-84) of the Department of  
> Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State  
> University.  He was also the founder and first director (1965-87) of  
> the Center for Slavic and East European Studies.  He served as  
> Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1963-64),  
> Associate Dean of Faculties for International Programs (1966-70),  
> Acting Dean of the College of Humanities (1977-78).  Through his  
> creative service, administration, teaching, curriculum development,  
> and scholarship, Dr. Twarog has left an indelible mark on the  
> Department, the University, and the field of Slavic and East European

> Studies in the U.S.  He will be greatly missed, and we send our  
> sincere condolences to his family.
>
> Daniel E. Collins, Chair
> Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures The 
> Ohio State University 400 Hagerty Hall
> 1775 College Road
> Columbus, Ohio 43210-1340
>
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