I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to see the obituary in the New York Times. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nytimes.com_2019_03_22_obituaries_anita-2Dsilvers-2Ddead.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=W9cdkw0ul_zY3aXuEPUoRIgYzcLnC2FDbVo-CPHXSt8&s=5uzEt3O_VqsYUgDQ__y_Ul8S4N9UItFrFPKOwg_m08I&e= On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 11:21 AM Sara L. Goering <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I am so very sorry to hear this news. Anita was such a powerhouse scholar > and administrator. I too am indebted to her for all she did for me as a > junior scholar, trying to find my way in the field and the APA. She will be > so greatly missed, but very long remembered. What a loss for all of us, and > for philosophy. > > > > Sara > > > > > > *From:* Feminist ethics and social theory <[log in to unmask]> *On > Behalf Of *Hirschmann, Nancy J. > *Sent:* Friday, March 15, 2019 5:16 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: RIP Anita Silvers > > > > Thank you for sharing, this is so distressing; I was in touch with her > just last month, she didn’t mention anything. Such an important figure in > disability philosophy, her work—her life--was inspirational to me and many > others. I am so grateful to have been able to know her and benefit from her > life wisdom and scholarly acumen. > > Yours, Nancy > > Nancy J. Hirschmann > Stanley I. Sheerr Term Professor in the Social Sciences > Core Faculty, Alice Paul Center and Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies > Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics > The University of Pennsylvania > Philadelphia, PA 19104 > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sas.upenn.edu_polisci_people_standing-2Dfaculty_nancy-2Dhirschmann&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=W9cdkw0ul_zY3aXuEPUoRIgYzcLnC2FDbVo-CPHXSt8&s=mK94ZcmE8UrKABs_ALbdKkkmOW6XKsREc8ISUyxN_w8&e= > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sas.upenn.edu_polisci_people_standing-2Dfaculty_nancy-2Dhirschmann&d=DwMGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=SuvZ6dK1eGwdbgGErymkgXN-ZshoAFxi5x99jbO9Q7o&s=7aFkRnGaajt3IKySLkOn3EuoOXeaCL4T-5Aw8R9qsgg&e=> > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.sas.upenn.edu_gsws_people_nancy-2Dhirschmann&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=W9cdkw0ul_zY3aXuEPUoRIgYzcLnC2FDbVo-CPHXSt8&s=fUrOe4diMLFpJqrR5pvmZ4iZ-AzfQw1aJPW_iXoarfI&e= > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.sas.upenn.edu_gsws_people_nancy-2Dhirschmann&d=DwMGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HUp8-bkYMlNgd3ZJBxWBKsBsFAFGHrEZg21p9gxugJA&m=SuvZ6dK1eGwdbgGErymkgXN-ZshoAFxi5x99jbO9Q7o&s=L-NijtRaIVdLejmW8WPphZGUcDUvS9_g5_VHlWpo_KM&e=> > > "Nothing serves as well as obscurity to make shallowness > look profound"--Walter Kaufmann > > > > On Mar 14, 2019, at 9:02 PM, Keisha Ray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Thank you for sending this Shelly. I am completely heart-broken. If it > wasn’t for the kindness Anita showed me when I was some lost 20 year old I > would not be a philosopher today. My philosophy story starts with a chance > meeting with her and it changed my life. > > Keisha > > ---------------------------- > Keisha Ray, Ph.D. > > > On Mar 14, 2019, at 7:48 PM, Shelley Wilcox <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > JMU Security Warning: The message below contains a link to a non-JMU > service where fraudulent sites are often found. DO NOT TYPE JMU PASSWORDS > INTO THE SITE. Do not click the link unless you're sure the site serves a > legitimate purpose known to you. > ________________________________ > > > Dear colleagues, > > I am deeply saddened to report that Dr. Anita Silvers passed away > overnight. This is a tremendous loss. She touched and transformed the > lives of many in the profession and at San Francisco State, where she > taught for 52 years. > > Below is a short notice that my colleagues put together for her. > > --------- > > Professor Anita Silvers died on the morning of March 14, 2019, of > complications of pneumonia. Silvers was an institution in professional > philosophy. She was Professor and former Chair of the Philosophy Department > at San Francisco State University and a nationally recognized advocate for > disability rights. Disabled by polio as a child, Silvers was a leading > advocate for equality for persons with disabilities. On the faculty at SF > State since 1967, Silvers worked to make access and disability services > available on California college campuses. In 1980, she was appointed by > President Jimmy Carter to serve on the National Council for the Humanities, > the governing board of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She > served for 26 years as Secretary-Treasurer of the American Philosophical > Association (Pacific Division). Silvers received the inaugural California > Faculty Association Human Rights Award in 1989 and served as a Senior > Fulbright Scholar in New Zealand in 2005. In 2009 she was awarded the Quinn > Prize for service to the profession by the APA, in 2013 the Lebowitz Prize > for Philosophical Achievement and Contribution by Phi Beta Kappa and the > APA, and in 2017 she received the Wang Family Excellence Award for > extraordinary achievements in the California State University system. > Silvers's groundbreaking scholarship helped to establish disability rights > as an important subfield of philosophy; she is regarded as an authority on > medical ethics, bioethics, disability theory, social philosophy, > aesthetics, and feminism. As a teacher and mentor she changed the lives of > countless students, scholars, and activists. 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