Artist paul pascal biography

With great sadness we report that our dear friend and colleague, Emeritus Professor Paul Pascal, passed away on May 11.  As all of Paul's many friends, colleagues, and students are aware, Paul was a remarkable teacher and scholar.  We are grateful to Janet Pascal, Paul's daughter, for sharing the splendid account of Paul's life we quote here:

 Paul Pascal died on May 11, 2015, at the age of 90.

He was born on March 26, 1925, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, so close to Ebbets Field that he used to listen to the Dodgers baseball games from the roof of his building. He attended Erasmus Hall High School, where he won the New York City-wide spelling bee and almost every medal the school had to offer, and acquired a lifelong love of Latin.

He also met his future wife of 66 years, Naomi, there.

            His study of classics at the University of Vermont was interrupted by World War I