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JOHN "Jack" RUEDY

Washington, District of Columbia

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RUEDY JOHN RUEDY "Jack" On Monday August 1, 2016, John "Jack" Ruedy of Bethesda, MD passed away peacefully with his loving wife and daughter by his side. Jack was born on April 28, 1927 in Alameda, CA to Albert Christian Ruedy and Virtue Reese Ruedy. He served in the US Army as a veteran of...

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I forgot to mention that Jack and I both spoke fluent French and almost never in English.

Jack& I were room mates in Paris in 1948 and traveled together to Geneva & Milano & Rome. We lost contact when he returned to Berkeley.

May Prof. Ruedy Rest In Peace. I learned a lot from him, attending his "History of the Israeli-Arab Conflict" course (2004). He was a fascinating person and an amazing teacher. He will be greatly missed. My deepest condolences to his family.

Nicolas Agostini

Professor Ruedy

John and Nancy off to a ball

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Nancy and John Ruedy

I am deeply saddened for the loss of Prof. Ruedy. He was a scholar, historian, decent human being, a gentle soul, with old world kind of manners, always accessible and welling to help. I attended his classes in Islamic Civilization and a tutorial on the Maghreb. Some of the ideas and methodologies I learned from him are engraved in my mind. On a number of occasions he had me recite verses from the Quran in Arabic to the class.

Once upon a time in 1981, when I completed the reading...

This is from the CCAS website long ago; to me, it captures Dr Ruedy at his best, teaching, with a smile (at one of the Center's HS teachers workshops)