May God bless you and your...
I forgot to mention that Jack and I both spoke fluent French and almost never in English.
Will McLendon
July 22, 2022 | School


Washington, District of Columbia
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...
Read MoreI forgot to mention that Jack and I both spoke fluent French and almost never in English.
Will McLendon
July 22, 2022 | School
Jack& I were room mates in Paris in 1948 and traveled together to Geneva & Milano & Rome. We lost contact when he returned to Berkeley.
Will L. McLendon
July 22, 2022 | School
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
Nicolas Agostini
February 19, 2020 | France

Professor Ruedy
May 27, 2018

John and Nancy off to a ball
May 27, 2018

John Ruedy
May 27, 2018

Nancy and John Ruedy
May 27, 2018
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...
Mohammad Asi
May 01, 2017 | Amman, Jordan

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)
Smokey Ardisson
April 28, 2017