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Virginia Marie TIGER

1940 - 2019

BORN

1940

DIED

2019

Virginia TIGER Obituary

DR. VIRGINIA MARIE TIGER (née Conner) Of New York City. Died unexpectedly on March 12, 2019. Loving and beloved mother to Sebastian (Lisa), grandmother to Alexandra and Sabrina. Daughter of Marie (née Papineau) and Gordon M. Conner, she was born August 20, 1940, in Montreal; reared in Toronto; and educated at the Bishop Strachan School, University of Toronto (Trinity College), and the University of British Columbia (Ph.D.). She was predeceased by her sister Cynthia Conner-Done and brother Gordon P. Conner. Virginia had a long and distinguished career at Rutgers University-Newark, New Jersey as a professor of English, a chair of the department, and an associate dean of the faculty of arts and sciences. A William Golding and Doris Lessing scholar, she was the author of four books, an inspirational teacher, an artful administrator, and a singular presence.

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Published by The Globe and Mail from Mar. 23 to Mar. 27, 2019.

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Lisa Bruckman

May 19, 2024

It has been many decades since I worked briefly as an aide to Prof Virginia Tiger in the Summer of 1985 on the Newark Rutgers Campus. I cannot express how suddenly I realized that I missed many "shares" in her brilliant mind overseeing my research hunts to aid her scholarly writings. I always seem to be too late, to have been too quiet to open a conversation with such a brilliant woman! Peace to You!

Jennifer

November 6, 2022

Professor Tiger was one of my lit teachers in Newark. I just learned of her passing, and I am disappointed that I could `t tell her how I was the first woman in a few of my roles over the last 25 yrs, and have been quite successful partly because of her inspiration back then. We read so many books in her class about powerful, and sometime not, women. Proud to say I have fit both in the 25 years since we explored these ideas throughout literary history.

Miranda Davies

March 12, 2021

Virginia was a good friend during school and university in Toronto. I remember well her breathtaking dancing. Requiescat in pace, dear Virginia. Miranda Davies, March 2021.

Josna Rege

August 24, 2020

I have only just learned of Professor Tiger's death with shock and sadness. She was a prominent scholar of Doris Lessing and a longtime active member of the Doris Lessing Society, where her presence and participation will be greatly missed. Sending my sincere condolences, however belated, to her family and friends. Rest In Peace, Virginia Tiger.

Anna-Marie Hafner

March 28, 2019

Virginia engaged me to look after her 5 year old son in New York city. I was awed by her style: gleaming copper pots in the kitchen of her brownstone apartment in the village, dashing up to Poughkeepsie in her Alpha Romeo on weekends and the classy gift of a bottle of wine for my 16th birthday. She encouraged me to go out and explore the many cultural sites of the city on my day off and advised me to wear long pants on the subway. An unforgettable flare in the life of a young girl from Toronto. Thank-you!

Judith Ransom

March 26, 2019

Virginia and I were undergraduates at Trinity College where we were in the same French class.We were both women of Canterbury in "Murder in the Cathedral
She was very bright,expressive and talented. I was pleased to see her at our College reunions over the years.

Miranda Davies

March 23, 2019

In memory of dear Virginia and our days together at BSS and Trinity College, notably your "transcendental experience" while slipping on a leaf - poetic, eccentric and fun.

Pamela and Anthony Wolff

March 23, 2019

As former managers of the Chelsea coop where Virginia lived for many years we want to say how very much we will miss her quiet, gentle presence. We enjoyed our conversations over the years, and always appreciated her support expressed at our coop meetings. We mourn her loss. Pamela and Tony Wolff

Linda Kline

March 22, 2019

Dear Virginia,

Your dazzling intelligence was grounded in the warmth of your humanity.

I treasure the friendship that grew between us over the last decade, and will keep your soft, clear voice in my head in the years to come.

My smypathy to your family,

Linda Kline

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