Comments for School of Foreign Service - Georgetown http://sfs.podbean.com Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, founded in 1919, is a premier school of international affairs in Washington, D.C. Wed, 16 May 2012 15:11:49 +0000 http://podbean.com/?v=3.2 Comment on CCAS Mourns the Passing of Dr. Barbara Stowasser by E. Daoust http://sfs.podbean.com/2012/05/14/ccas-mourns-the-passing-of-dr-barbara-stowasser/#comment-701436 Tue, 15 May 2012 01:28:19 +0000 http://sfs.podbean.com/2012/05/14/ccas-mourns-the-passing-of-dr-barbara-stowasser/#comment-701436 I knew Dr. Stowasser as the parent of a student who highly respected and liked her. Barbara had the wonderful combination of intellect, humanity, personal warmth, and interesting thinking and conversation. She will be missed in so many ways, personally and academically. Although I did not know Dr. Stowasser well, I feel a great loss in her death. I am very fortunate to have met her. My prayers are for Dr. Stowasser and her family. I knew Dr. Stowasser as the parent of a student who highly respected and liked her. Barbara had the wonderful combination of intellect, humanity, personal warmth, and interesting thinking and conversation. She will be missed in so many ways, personally and academically. Although I did not know Dr. Stowasser well, I feel a great loss in her death. I am very fortunate to have met her. My prayers are for Dr. Stowasser and her family.

]]> Comment on CCAS Mourns the Passing of Dr. Barbara Stowasser by Persis Berlekamp http://sfs.podbean.com/2012/05/14/ccas-mourns-the-passing-of-dr-barbara-stowasser/#comment-701386 Mon, 14 May 2012 22:53:00 +0000 http://sfs.podbean.com/2012/05/14/ccas-mourns-the-passing-of-dr-barbara-stowasser/#comment-701386 Of all the professors who trained me, Barbara Stowasser is one of the ones I think of most often as a role model now that I am professor myself. In particular, I deeply admired the thoughtful and intellectually honest way in which she answered questions. She really listened and tried to understand what was being asked before she started to answer. If she did not know the answer, she said so. If the question was not well formulated, or if she thought the answer to a closely related question might be of interest, she would take the time to explain the relationship between the question as it was asked and the question to which she had an interesting answer, before launching into the answer to the related question. And then, when she got into her answer, she demonstrated time and again how intellectual breadth and depth need not be seen as conflicting goals, but can instead enhance each other. I also adored her for her sudden quirky laugh, and for her sense of compassion. May her family know how deeply she will be missed, far beyond Georgetown. Persis Berlekamp, MAAS '94 Associate Professor of Art History The University of Chicago Of all the professors who trained me, Barbara Stowasser is one of the ones I think of most often as a role model now that I am professor myself. In particular, I deeply admired the thoughtful and intellectually honest way in which she answered questions. She really listened and tried to understand what was being asked before she started to answer. If she did not know the answer, she said so. If the question was not well formulated, or if she thought the answer to a closely related question might be of interest, she would take the time to explain the relationship between the question as it was asked and the question to which she had an interesting answer, before launching into the answer to the related question. And then, when she got into her answer, she demonstrated time and again how intellectual breadth and depth need not be seen as conflicting goals, but can instead enhance each other.

I also adored her for her sudden quirky laugh, and for her sense of compassion.

May her family know how deeply she will be missed, far beyond Georgetown.

Persis Berlekamp, MAAS ‘94 Associate Professor of Art History The University of Chicago

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