Dr. Robert M. Spector

{M1} Professor Emeritus Robert M. Spector of Framingham, Massachusetts died at the age of 82 at his home with his loving wife of 52 years, Charlotte Werlin and his two sons Richard and Kenneth at his side. He died of renal cell carcinoma. Dr. Spector was educated in the Boston school system and subsequently earned five degrees, including both a Bachelor of Arts and Master Of Arts degree in literature and history at Boston University. This was followed by a Second Master of Arts degree in education. Academics was then interrupted for two years by distinguished service to his country in Korea where he received a commendation ribbon with metal pendant for meritorious service. The above was followed by a degree in law from Boston College in 1959 and a Ph.D. in history Which he received in 1961 from Boston University. Dr. Spector's career began as a teacher in the Boston school system including the prestigious boston Latin School. This was followed by forty-five years serving as professor of history and constitutional law at Worcester State College and forty-six years as a senior lecturer in law at Northeastern University. As an attorney, Dr. Spector has been a member of the Massachusetts Bar since 1960 and was admitted to the United States Supreme Court in 1969. He has served his community and country in his role as a legal expert, often without compensation, in addition to heading a successful private practice law firm. As a great humanitarian, Dr. Spector was a member of the Anti-Defamation League, the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama and was a regular contributor to the United Negro College Fund. As a lover of the arts and the humanities, Dr. Spector has authored and published many books including both fiction and nonfiction. His most prestigious work being a two volume treatise titled "World Without Civilization; Mass Murder and the Holocaust, History and Analysis". As the definitive work on world genocide, university and public libraries and countless individuals hold this book worldwide. Dr. Spector has published innumerable scholarly articles in prestigious journals and encyclopedias, many of which have garnered awards and are quotation classics. Dr. Spector leaves as his legacy thousands of students who he has guided and inspired and the hundreds who he has helped in matters of law. His most important legacy is a loving family including his beloved grandchildren, Steven, David, Karen and Danielle, his daughters in love, Janet and Laura and his brother Avron. Funeral services will be held at Temple Beth Am, 300 Pleasant Street, Framingham, Massachusetts on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 12 noon. Memorial observance at his late residence following the burial until 9:00pm. and continuing Wednesday and Thursday 7-9pm. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the Worcester State Foundation, Robert M. Spector Scholarship Fund, c/o Office of Institutional Advancement, 486 Chandler Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01602 is requested. Levine Chapels, Brookline 617-277-8300