IRMA JAFFE

I knew Irma Jaffe as my teacher of modern art history at Fordham University, Rose Hill, in the class of '68. It was always a pleasure to attend her informal classes which I remember as being in a small, comfortable room that held only about 9 or 10 students. At Fordham I was primarily occupied in the Mimes & Mummers under the direction of theater veteran Vaughn Deering. Mr. Deering was my mentor and with his direction I played a number of leading roles in Collins Auditorium. There was no...

I was a student at Fordham of Dr. Jaffe’s in the spring of 1979. During the scheduling session Dr. Jaffe convinced me to enroll in her Modern Painting and Sculpture call even though it was a higher level course rather than the lower level freshman course I needed for an elective. When I arrived for my first day and discovered a class full of Art History majors I was really intimidated. In fact, after a few classes of proving my lack of art sensitivity, I tried to drop the class. Dr. Jaffe...

I was a student of Irma Jaffe's in the art history classes she taught at Stony Brook University. I found her wonderful and engaging, a presence in the world.

She was a good friend of Patrick Heelan's - who died a few years ago in Dublin, 1 February 2015.

I was privileged to publish one of her essays entitled "Virtue and Virtual Reality in John Trumbull's Pantheon" in a festschrift collection I put together in Pat Heelan's honor, a delight not least owing to the images she...

Irma Jaffe is one of the most remarkable women I have ever known and a source of inspiration to this day.

Irma loved helping others. Among her accomplishments (scholar, author, teacher) the one that stands out to me, above them all, was her devotion to the cause of providing assistance and encouragement to those who needed it. She organized a "Bread and Soup Undinner" in 1982 to raise money for and awareness of the famine in Rwanda and never stopped looking for ways to help young people fulfill their dreams. When I became a high school English teacher in Brooklyn, Irma was very excited that...

I was a student of Dr. Jaffe many years ago at Fordham. I remember her vividly as a probing teacher and meticulous scholar and I honor her long life so well and fully lived. I have such good memories of my time at Fordham under her tutelage. My condolences to her family.

Dr Jaffe was an extraordinary and dynamic scholar and a portrait of true elegance. I had the opportunity to hear her lecture and visited her home. Her every manner was gracious and grand. I value and treasure the experience of knowing her. May she rest in eternal peace. All love surround you.
M.E James

Professor Jaffe was a wonderful coordinator of Fordham's Honors Program. She arranged for us to go the opera, Broadway, and museums -- to discover all the riches of New York. For one of my writing projects, she suggested the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and even suggested someone to interview. Professor Irma Jaffe was one of the true jewels of Fordham's faculty and it was an honor to be among her students.