August 13, 2008
Art Sandler: R.I.P.
A popular professor at Webster University and a frequent attendee and organizer of activist efforts around town, Art Sandler, has passed. Just received the news today, the same day as a memorial service at Central Reform Congregation.
Here's a link to a Webster University release, which outlines many, though not all, of his accomplishments.
He, himself, was a link to a different Webster University, namely the artistic, activist, eclectic, free-wheeling Webster College of the 1970s and '80s. He was always there for students and I truly wish that I would've taken his courses. As it was, I saw him speak several times, interviewed him frequently for the WU Journal, but literally only had one class with him, a single afternoon of Intro to Western Civ, before dropping the course. Knowing him later, I always wished that I'd shown some diligence and stuck it out.
My/our condolences to friends and family.