In August, former students and colleagues gathered at the Sienna Hotel to celebrate the 80th birthday of Jerzy Linderski, Paddison Professor of Latin Emeritus. The event was organized by three of Prof. Linderki’s dissertation advisees, Tim Moore, PhD ’86; Hans Mueller, PhD ’94; and Christoph Konrad, PhD ’85. To add to the festivities, Corey Brennan, representing Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and its libraries, presented Prof. Linderski with a certificate of appreciate for Prof. Linderski’s contributions to the field. Dinner was followed by a series of eulogies, to which Prof. Linderski responded with a gracious and elegant speech in Latin. It was an impressive tribute to an outstanding scholar, teacher, and mentor.
Prof. Linderski posed with his former students after the dinner. From left to right: Laura Oaks (MA 1981), Frances Hickson Hahn (PhD 1986), Kevin Muse, PhD ’03; Jonathan Scott Perry, PhD in History ’99; Lora Holland, PhD ’02; Hans-Friedrich Mueller, PhD ’94; Jerzy Linderski, Christoph Konrad, PhD ’85; Corey Brennan, Christopher McDonough, PhD ’96; Daniel Gargola, PhD in History ’88; Amy Clark, PhD ’98. | Photo courtesy of Lora Holland
Kevin Muse reacts to Rutgers faculty member Corey Brennan’s amusing tales. | Photo by Tina Turner
Jerzy Linderski enjoys a cocktail with his former students shortly before the dinner in his honor. | Photo by Tina Turner
The collective gathered to share memories in honor of Prof. Linderski. | Photo by Tina Turner
Corey Brennan, associate professor of Classics at Rutgers University, presented Prof. Linderski and Deedra Linderski with a proclamation of celebration in honor of Prof. Linderski’s birthday from Rutgers University Libraries. Profs. Brennan and Linderski have worked together to edit a volume of Lily Ross Taylor’s papers. | Photo by Tina Turner
The certificate of proclamation from Rutgers University Libraries to Prof. Linderski and his wife Deedra in honor of his 80th birthday. | Photo by Tina Turner
Frances Hickson Hahn presented Prof. Linderski and his wife, Deedra, with flowers. | Photo by Tina Turner
Hans-Freidrich Mueller added his two cents to the proceedings. | Photo by Tina Turner
Deedra and Jerzy Linderski listen while enjoying Francis Hickson Hahn’s flowers. | Photo by Tina Turner
Prof. Linderski enjoys the affections of his former student Hans-Freidrich Mueller and Prof. Mueller’s wife, Terri. | Photo by Tina Turner