Myron ECHENBERG

MYRON J. ECHENBERG - PROFESSOR EMERITUS It is with great sadness that we communicate the passing of Myron J. Echenberg on January 27, 2022 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, shortly after contracting the Covid-19 virus. Myron was born in 1940 to Leon and Anne Echenberg and raised in the small, lively Jewish community in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He studied History at McGill University and received a PhD at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. It was there that he met and married his wife Eva Neisser Echenberg, who was to be his dearest and closest companion throughout his entire rich and full life. After the birth of their first child, David, the family moved back to Montreal where their daughter Margo was born. There, in 1969, Myron began a long and distinguished career in the History department at McGill University, teaching, publishing, and acting as the department Chair before retiring as Professor Emeritus in 2008. His years of teaching leaves a a long legacy in his many students, some of whom have gone on to become friends and colleagues. Myron was unwavering in his devotion to his family and social causes. He was the keenest of golfers in the short Quebec summers and an avid cross-country skier in the longer winters. He is survived by his wife Eva Neisser Echenberg, two children, Margo and David, along with their spouses and children, his sister, Hope Finestone, and a very extensive loving family who, like him, originally hailed from Sherbrooke before moving to Montreal and other destinations near and far. He will always be remembered fondly by all as a loving, caring, and devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, cousin, and by his entire extended family and a myriad of friends and colleagues. Donations in his memory can be made to Médecins Sans Frontièrs www.msf.org/donate or the Faculty of Arts Internship Program www.alumni.mcgill.ca/ - two organizations Myron actively supported in making the world a better place.