Joan Welkowitz

A random thought today about Joan... saying to me "what's the worst that can happen?" So glad she passed that on to me... it's always been helpful!

I would like to send my deepest condolences to the family of Joan Welkowitz and hope that they find peace of mind because she was a great person that will truly be missed. She was a great person who I would have truly loved to meet.

I have just finished checking the page proofs for the sixth edition of the undergrad stats text that Joan originally wrote with Jack Cohen and Bob Ewen. The new edition will be published in July (2006), and it will be a bittersweet experience for me. I will be replacing the late, great Jack Cohen as a co-author on this text, but mainly the text will forever remind me of my wonderful experience of collaboration with Joan. More importantly, the text will be yet another way that Joan will...

I am deeply saddened to hear of Dr. Welkowitz's death. She was a brillant and eloquent professor. My heart goes out to her family.

I was shocked and saddened to hear of Joan's death. She was my advisor within the clinical program and sat on my dissertation committee. Two weeks before I moved to the city and started at NYU, my grandmother (who lived in NYC)died. Joan took it upon herself to be an adoptive grandmother to me. She really encouraged me throughout my graduate career, and supported my nontraditional academic route every step of the way. She was a wonderful lady--I'll miss her very much!

I am so surprised and sad to hear of Joan's death. I was never fortunate enough to have Joan as a professor, but for me as a clinical student, several things stand out. She made a point of offering encouraging words after my first "brown bag." She was absolutely an inspiration for those of us with hopes of combining family with career, and, she was a nurturing hostess who invited my class to her home where she entertained us with stories and served us a fabulous dinner. My condolences to her...

I am very sorry to learn of Joan's death. She was dedicated to the clinical program at NYU and to her research.

Dr. Joan Welkowitz was a dedicated leader of NYU's clinical program and demonstrated a wonderful mix of professionalism, compassion, and humor. She stood out as a role model for mothers with professional careers and never failed to encourage others to persevere. She will be missed.

Joan's originality was contagious: in her scientific thinking as in her humor and her world views. I had the privilege of having her as my advisor at NYU and will forever be grateful for her support, wisdom and shameless humor. It especially saddens me to hear of her passing as I remember how feisty and vivacious she was. Her spirit, I'm sure, will live on in each of us, whose life she has touched. (I'm also sure that she would have corrected my grammar had she seen this...