Adelani   Ogunrinade: He passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2010 in Bloemfontain, South Africa. Adelani graduated in 1974 in U.I. Veterinary Medicine with distinctions in Medicine, Surgery and Parasitology; he obtained a Master's degree in Medical Parasitology with distinction in 1977 and in 1978 obtained another Masters degree in Applied Immunology at the Brunel University.  He then received a PhD in Medical Heminthology at the London School of Tropical Medicine (University of London) in 1982. Having been awarded the Forgaty Fellowship for post doctoral studies he attended Harvard School of Public Health, Boston in 1984.  He served as Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa (1997 - 2001) and catalyzed the establishment of three graduate schools (Commerce, Law and Education). In 2002 and 2006, he served as Associate Vice President of the University of Technology Jamaica and finally was the Vice Chancellor of the National University of Lesotho (2006 to 2010).  He avidly published: 75 articles, 30 conference proceedings, 2 book chapters, an edited book and wrote about 12 articles on higher education, in addition he supervised eight Ph.D and four Masters students, along with the distinction of receiving several honors and awards. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Bola Ogunrinade and four children.

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Sir Christopher Anthony Leeds passed away on Wednesday November 18, 2009 in Bournemouth, England at the age of 74 years.

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Percy Tannenbaum: He passed away on October 2, 2009. Formerly of Montreal he was living in Berkeley California, he was 82 years old. Prof. Tannenbaum is well known for his work in the area of social psychology. In addition, he was the Director for the Center of Mass Communications Research at University of Wisconsin.

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John D. Montgomery: John Montgomery, who joined the Harvard University faculty in 1963, was the Ford Foundation Professor of International Studies, Emeritus. He died peacefully on April 3, 2008, in the morning, after an illness. Montgomery forged new ground in the areas of: economic as well as political development, the emergence of Asia, and in utilizing science and technology towards public policy. During a long and great career he served in over 80 countries and consulted with a number of agencies and foundations (including but not limited to: the Department of Agriculture; the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations; the Agency for International Development; the World Bank; the Asian Center for Development Administration; the UNDP; UNESCO; the Southern Africa Coordinating Conference; and several foreign governments). In addition to his many affiliations he was also a prolific writer of many books and articles.

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Caroline Thomas: Born April 5, 1959, she was known worldwide for her work in the field of Politics and International Relations, she was Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Education at the University of Southampton.  During her career spanning over 25 years, she worked to collaboratively develop greater understanding of and between the “Southern” and “Northern” concepts, building bridges between the fields of development and international relations.  She was also an avid publisher in her areas of work.  She passed on October 20, 2008, at 49 years of age, and was survived by her daughter.

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Claude-Jean Bertrand: He passed away on September 21, 2007, of cancer, at 73 years old.  He was Professor emeritus at the University of Paris II, as well as a media ethicist and student of American civilization.  For over three decades he continuously turned a critical eye on media and fought for accountability in the media and was an extensive editor of both his own work, editing or authoring some 20 books and numerous articles.  He was survived by his wife (Michele), four children, and five grandchildren.

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Hayward Alker: Professor Hayward Alker, who was a leading academic in the field of international relations and conflict resolution, died in August 24, 2007, he was 69. Long associated with USC and the Watson Institute--as an adjunct faculty member contributed to the concepts and methods of international relations. He was also author of several books, monographs, book chapters, and journal articles. He was survived by his wife, noted international relations scholar J. Ann Tickner, who is also an adjunct faculty member at the Watson Institute, his brother, sister, three daughters, and six grandchildren.

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Denis A. Goulet: Joined the University of Notre Dame faculty in 1979, he passed away on December 26, 2006, at 75 years of age.  He was Professor Emeritus of Economics and Policy Studies and William and Dorothy O’Neill Chair in Education for Justice.  During his illustrious career he pioneered the study of development ethics, often self-described as a “philosopher of development,” he authored over 160 articles and 11 books. He was survived by his wife, AnaMaria, two daughters (Andrea and Sinane) four grandchildren, and two brothers.

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Werner Levi was born in Halberstadt, Germany, on March 23, 1912 He fled Nazi Germany and went on to become a renowned author and scholar in international relations and a professor of political science at the University of Hawai'i from 1963 until his retirement in 1976. He passed away on February 5, 2005, at the age of 92. Levi had three doctorate degrees and wrote 10 books on international relations, and at UH played a crucial role in the formative days of the development of the UH faculty union, as well as faculty retirement policy. In addition, Levi was honored with two Fulbright fellowships during his career, as well as a Carnegie Foundation grant that brought him to UH in 1955 from the University of Minnesota, where he served on the faculty from 1944 until 1963. As a visiting scholar, he lectured on international relations. He later lectured extensively throughout Asia and Europe. Levi is survived by a daughter, Antonia and son, Matthew, as well as his three granddaughters; a brother; and nephews and nieces.

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Sir Joseph Rotblat was a nuclear physicist and a tireless worker for peace. He and his creation, the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, were jointly awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1995. Rotblat was secretary-general of Pugwash from 1957 until 1973, chairman of British Pugwash from 1978 to 1988 and from 1988 to 1997 president of Pugwash worldwide. He was born in Warsaw, Poland, where he remained there until the age of 30, due to the work he did with Professor James Chadwick at Oliver Lodge fellow at Liverpool University, he was able to leave Poland two days before Hitler invaded his country. With the entry of the United States into the second world war in 1941, and the subsequent move to develop the A-bomb, he soon found himself at the centre of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico. In 1950 he became professor of physics at London University's St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College. He remained there until 1976 when he then became an emeritus professor. During those years he devoted his professional career to the application of nuclear physics to medicine. Rotblat helped Russell and took the chair at the launch of the famous Einstein-Russell Manifesto in 1955, signed by Albert Einstein two days before his death, and by nine other world-famous scientists, mostly Nobel prizewinners. Rotblat continued to work into his 90s with apparently undiminished energy, lecturing in dozens of cities in Britain and abroad - including Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He passed away on August 31, 2005 at the age of 96.

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George Gerbner: Born 1919 in Budapest, an avid researcher and Dean Emeritus of the Annenberg School for Communications at the University of Pennsylvania, was well known for his studies of violence on television for over three decades.  He passed away at 86, of cancer, on December 24, 2005.  He was survived by two sons (John and Thomas) and five grandchildren.


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Harold K. Jacobson was a specialist in the field of international politics, Harold was professor emeritus of political science at the University of Michigan and former director of the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) where he served as acting director from 1992–1995. In addition, he served as president of the International Studies Association and vice president of the International Political Science Association. Jacobson was a member of the Social Science Research Council’s Committee for Research on Global Environmental Change and the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council’s Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change. He died on August 13, 2004, due to complications following surgery. He was 72 and is survived by his wife, Jean; his brother Bruce and his children, Knute, Eric , Kristoffer, Nils, and grandchildren Peter, Paul, John, and Matthew.

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Dr. Jerry C.L. Chang also known as Jerry, died on June 24, 2004 in California. Dr. Chang was Founder and President of Humanity United Globally in Honolulu, Hawaii. In addition to his wife Ruth, Jerry was survived by four children and four grandchildren.

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Erwin K. Scheuch died on October 12, 2003, after a long illness. Erwin earned a BA from the University of Connecticut in 1951 and was a Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation in several American universities from 1958-1959. He Lectured at Harvard from 1962-1964 and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Studies (1973). In addition he was a guest professor at the University of Pennsylvania (1975). At Cologne University (in his home town), Scheuch earned a degree in economics in 1953, his doctoral degree in 1956, and his Habilitation in 1961. In addition, he served as assistant professor at Cologne from 1953-1958 and was awarded full professorship from 1956-1993, becoming professor emeritus until his death. As a researcher, Scheuch’s favorite topic was the international comparison and he constructed the first German status index in 1960, with Rudolf Wildenmann, and started the German tradition of election survey research in 1961. In more recent years, Scheuch returned to his sources as a journalist becoming a public intellectual figure in Germany. Together with his wife Ute, he polemicized against the “Decay of the Parties” and against the weariness of economic and political elites in Germany. He was survived by his wife Ute.

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Sanaa Osseiran was born in Saida, Lebanon in 1943 and received her academic education at the Beirut College for Woman, the American University of Beirut, the University of London (Maters) and the University of Paris Sorbonne. Sanaa was a Council member of IPRA (1988-1992), initiated Middle East Commission, and was a council member of IPRA’s Peace Education Commission. After returning to Lebanon she went on a Mission for UNESCO to Sudan. In addition, she wrote numerous articles on peace issues and the Middle East. Her last assignment was as member of the UN Peacekeeping Operations in Western Sahara, where her illness was diagnosed. Ms. Osseiran passed away in 2001.

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Mahbub ul Haq held positions which enabled him to make numberous contributions in the field of Human Development. Dr. Haq passed way on July 16, 1998 in New York. He was survived by his wife Khadija Haq, son Farhan, and daughter Toneema. In acknowledgement of his contributions, on December 13, 1998, the Human Development Centre, Islamabad was officially renamed the Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre.

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George Arthur Codding Jr. was a Professor Emeritus of political science at CU-Boulder. He passed away due to complications from Alzheimer's disease on Dec. 28, 2001, at 78. After receiving his doctorate in political science from the University of Geneva in Switzerland he became a lecturer and associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania (a position he held for 8 years). In addition, he was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 1958. In 1961 he joined the University of Colorado as an associate professor and in 1965 he was named a full professor, a position he held until his retirement in 1993. At UC-Boulder he was also chairman of the political science department for two years and director of the university's international affairs program for 28 years. In addition he published eight books on international telecommunications, satellite communications, international organizations and French and Swiss government and politics. He also published more than 50 articles and book chapters. He was survived by a sister, two daughters, his two sons, and a grandson.

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Frank Blackaby was a staunch leader in the arenas of global peace and specifically in the anti-nuclear campaigns, he was 78 at the time of his passing on May 18, 2000. In addition to his many contributions to the Pugwash Journal Frank was Deputy Director at the National Institute for Economic and Social Research. In 1968, he began his entry into the world of Global issues with a 2 year position at SIPRI (the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) where he edited the first two volumes of the Yearbook of World Armaments and Disarmament, and in 1981 he was hired as the director of SIPRI, where he remained for 5 years. After which he returned to London and continued his anti-nuclear work. He was survived by his second wife Mary Acland-Hood, his two sons, and a daughter.

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