Greg died peacefully July 11, 2012, of lung cancer, at home in Chevy Chase, Md., with his family by his side. Family members included Kathie, his wife of 49 years; brother Buzz; son Alec ’90; daughter Liza; and six grand children. Many of us saw Greg at our 50th reunion, which he courageously attended despite his condition.

He came to us from Evanston Township (Ill.) High School. Originally interested in math and physics, he gravitated to Russian studies, perhaps reflecting being an immigrant musician’s son. He became a lifelong student/associate of the redoubtable Cyril Black, as an undergraduate and then a Ph.D.

Greg taught for a decade at Grinnell College, and then was drawn to the United States Information Agency (USIA), where he spent nearly 20 years — in Moscow (as cultural attaché) and in Washington (running exchanges with the Soviet Union, including a laudable high school program).

Upon leaving USIA in 1996, he founded the Foundation for International Arts and Education, serving as president until his death. He was particularly proud of the exhibition they produced, Russia’s Age of Elegance: Mir Iskusstva (The World of Art), which came to Princeton’s Art Museum.

Greg was widely admired and respected by his many friends, American and Russian.

Undergraduate Class of 1962