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Professor Gurcharan Singh
Professor Gurcharan Singh, a revered figure for many years at Marymount Manhattan
College, inspired students and fellow faculty members with his commitment to
global peace, conflict resolution and international studies.
Professor Singh (1929-2007) joined Marymount Manhattan in 1980 as a full-time faculty member
and was instrumental in establishing the International Studies major soon thereafter.
A popular and influential teacher, his lectures, legendary patience and good humor
touched several generations of MMC students. His courses on international law,
international relations, comparative politics and conflict resolution challenged his
students, and he was a passionate advocate for integrating the fields of history,
politics and economics in examining the world. After his retirement from MMC,
Professor Singh continued to teach one course each semester, seeking to instill a
strong ethical foundation in each of his students.
An active member of the Sikh community, Professor Singh served as vice chairperson for
the Executive Committee of the World Sikh Council - America Region (WSC-AR) and chairperson
of WSC-AR's Human Rights and Religious Freedom Committee. A devoted family man, his
untimely death in March of 2007 saddened all those who knew him.
The Gurcharan Singh Memorial Fund will honor this remarkable man who touched so many.
MMC seeks to raise endowment funds to support the Gurcharan Singh Memorial Lecture
Series, sponsored by the International Studies program. The lectures will be open
to the Marymount and Sikh communities, and will focus on his fields of interest
and core values.
The Memorial Fund will also support undergraduate research and critical writing through
a competition for the most outstanding papers in International Studies and related
fields. Open to all students, the competition will offer monetary prizes to the winning
essayists.
The Gurchan Singh Memorial Fund represents a valuable opportunity to keep alive the
humanistic and peace-loving ideals that Professor Singh embodied.
To learn how you can join others in honoring his memory and life's work, please contact
Jean Wilhelm at 212-517-0460 or jwilhelm@mmm.edu.
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