The Robert A. Maguire Prize in Slavic Studies

[Cathy Popkin]

To the many people who have written to inquire about making a donation in 
Bob Maguire's memory:

The Department of Slavic Languages at Columbia University announces the 
establishment of the

ROBERT A. MAGUIRE PRIZE IN SLAVIC STUDIES
A cash prize awarded annually to an undergraduate of high academic 
distinction and promise in an area of study concerned with Russian or 
another Slavic culture, including literature, music, art, religion, or 
cultural history. Established in honor of Professor Robert A. Maguire.


The award is meant to perpetuate Bob's legacy and to ensure that his name 
remains a prominent feature in the landscape of Slavic Studies at Columbia.

That Robert Maguire's legacy should be associated with excellence seems 
more than appropriate.  Bob's standards were the highest, and he held 
himself to them above all.  Extraordinary language proficiency, scrupulous 
analysis of both the words on the page and the culture behind each word, 
inspired interpretation, and luminous writing were the hallmarks of his 
work.  The Maguire Prize identifies these qualities with Bob and honors the 
remarkable students who attain them not only with a tangible award but by 
linking their names with his.  Bob Maguire made the Columbia department one 
of the top Slavic departments in the country.  By awarding a prize bearing 
his name to the top student in that department, we recognize both the 
student's achievements and Bob's.

Importantly, the Robert A. Maguire Prize will be available to students not 
only in Russian literature and not only in Slavic literatures more broadly, 
but also in the other disciplines that address those cultures.  Bob himself 
was an accomplished Polonist, and his commitment to music was as profound 
as his love of language and literature.  Even beyond his own breadth, 
though, lies Bob's conviction that no single aspect of a culture exists in 
isolation; he team-taught courses with historians, he educated himself in 
Slavic religious culture, and he worked for years on the relationship 
between word and visual image.  It is fitting, then, that the prize bearing 
his name include the fields continuous with his own.

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To become a founding supporter of the Robert A. Maguire Prize in Slavic 
Studies, please send your contribution, with the check made out to Columbia 
University, accompanied by a letter expressing your intention that the sum 
be used to establish this new prize, to:

			Cathy Popkin, Chair
			Department of Slavic Languages
			708 Hamilton Hall,
			Columbia University, Mail Code 2839
			1130 Amsterdam Avenue
			New York, NY 10027

Ulbandus Review will report annually (beginning 2006-2007) on the recipient 
of the award.

Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Cathy Popkin

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