Memorial Service for Professor Riccardo Picchio (October 16)

[Goldblatt, Harvey]

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

As many of you know, Riccardo Picchio, Emeritus Professor of Slavic Literatures at Yale—a cherished friend, beloved teacher, and faithful colleague—died peacefully in his sleep on Saturday morning, August 13, 2011.

On September 7, 2011 he would have been eighty-eight years old.

Considered one of the truly outstanding and celebrated Slavists of his generation, and referred to in recent days as perhaps the greatest Italian Slavist of the twentieth century, Professor Picchio taught at Yale for almost two decades, from 1968 to 1986. Together with his dear colleagues Victor Erlich, Robert L. Jackson, Alexander M. Schenker, and Edward Stankiewicz, he helped create one of the leading centers of Slavic Studies in the United States.

We are organizing a Memorial Service and Reception in honor of Professor Picchio. The Service and Reception have been scheduled for Sunday, October 16, beginning promptly at 1:30 p.m.

The Memorial Service will take place in the Lecture Hall at the Thomas E. Golden, Jr. Center, which is part of the St. Thomas More Chapel and Center at Yale (268 Park St., New Haven, CT 06511).

The Service will be followed by a Reception in the courtyard of the Center.

I hope to see you there.

Sincerely,
Harvey Goldblatt
Chair, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Yale University

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