Paul Glidden Forand *62

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PAUL GLIDDEN FORAND, age 50, died Mar. 28, 1984. Born in Springfield, Mass., on May 30, 1933, he spent his youth in New Bedford, Mass. In 1955 his earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard Univ., as a language specialist. He won a Fulbright Scholarship, spent a year in Egypt, received a renewal on the Fulbright Scholarship, and spent a year in England. He came to Princeton in 1958 and received a Ph.D. from the Dept. of Oriental Languages and Literature. For a period of 19 years, until his death, he occupied teaching positions of increasing stature at the Univ. of Kentucky. In 1982, after five years

as chairman of the Slavic languages department, he resigned the chairmanship, but he continued to teach until his death. Dr. and Mrs. Forand had two daughters. One is presently at home with her mother. To Mrs. Forand and their two daughters we extend genuine sympathy.

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