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Obituaries
During the Past Year, Columbia Loses Professors, Student
By Maggie Astor
| May 13
Minghui Yu, Sam Boyle, and Charles Tilly were among the Columbians who died this year.
Respected Professor, Renowned Sociologist Charles Tilly Dies at 78
By Maggie Astor
| May 1
Charles Tilly, Columbia’s Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science and founder of the noted Workshop on Contentious Politics, died April 29 after a 20-year struggle with cancer that fluctuated in severity. He was 78.
