Gregory V. Leftwich *87

Gregory Leftwich, a scholar of classical art and archaeology, died Dec. 13, 2015, at age 64.

Leftwich graduated from NYU in 1973, and after independent study at Columbia, came to Princeton. He earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in classical archaeology in 1981 and 1987, respectively. From 1981 to 1983, he studied at the American School for Classical Studies in Athens on a Fulbright fellowship. While there, he excavated in the Agora and Corinth.

Leftwich taught classical archaeology and ancient art at Sarah Lawrence College (from 1985 to 1986), Vassar College (1986), and Boston University (from 1987 to 1992). He was awarded a Rome Prize in 1990 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for postdoctoral research at the American Academy in Rome. He published work on ancient Greek sculpture and ancient art criticism and theory.

In 1994, Leftwich moved to Bloomington, Ind., to care, with his father, for his mother, who had Alzheimer’s. He became an advocate for senior services. His mother died in 2005, and Leftwich remained with his family, continuing his classical studies. He was preparing a study of the Canon of Polykleitos for publication.

Leftwich is survived by his father, Richard; and his brother, Bradley, and his family.

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