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MARX
WARTOFSKY MEMORIAL LECTURE AND ESSAY CONTEST:
Since
the spring of 1998 the department has held a memorial lecture and essay
competition in honor of our deceased distinguished professor Marx W. Wartofsky.
Each year two prizes of $200 are awarded for the best essay in an introductory
and an upper division course. They are awarded at a ceremony that features
a speaker who addresses a topic within the interests of Professor Wartofsky.
The first year Prof. Yuriko Saito spoke on "The Beauty and Fragility of
Existence: A Japanese Perspective." In 1999 Prof. John Pittman of John
Jay College spoke on "Marx's Feuerbach." This has become an annual event;
the third annual lecture and essay competition are in the planning stage
at this time and will be held in spring 2000. |
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