Elliott D. Mossman *68

Elliott D. Mossman, former chair of the department of Slavic languages at the University of Pennsylvania, died March 16, 2007, at home after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 64, and lived in the Princeton area.

Mossman was educated at Wesleyan University and received a Ph.D. in Slavic languages from Princeton in 1968. He was a retired Penn professor who had specialized in Russian literature, particularly in the life and works of Boris Pasternak. Mossman was formerly the editor of the scholarly journal, Slavic Review. At his death, he was completing a book on Tolstoy.

He is survived by his daughter, Ellen L. Mossman, one sister, and three brothers.