Arthur Jerome Hannan

Art was such an incredibly positive force in my life! He encouraged me while at GCC to reach for loftier goals than I had imagined for myself. He inspired me to believe in myself an my abilities. I owe much of my academic success to his supportive and motivating words. He will be greatly missed!

Art was a wonderful friend to me! I will miss him. May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief.

He was a truly gifted teacher. I still remember some of the red ink on my papers. He had read every word thoughtfully. He cared about each one of his students. What a gift to the world! He was a gentle soul. We are all lucky to have had him in our lives. His colleagues, here and departed, would surely testify to his character and talent. RIP

A gentle, soulful man. A good friend, supervisor, and mentor. We had common qualities like love of ideas, shared Irish Catholic upbringing , skeptical humor about traditions, affection for our ethnic and social class origins, and, more recently, Parkinson’s disease. May those he loved so well carry on in the spirit of this lovely man. They don’t make them any better.