JOSHUA B. LUKIN

Josh Lukin was the kindest and most valuable teacher at Temple University, hands down. He is and will always be dearly missed. If it wasn't for Lukin, I wouldn't have had nearly as many positive memories during my four years of college. There is absolutely no one like him on the earth and it's privilege to have just been able to meet him, let alone be taken under his wing during some of the most emotionally trying years of my young adult life.

To his wife Ann, all mt sincerest...

I remember Joshua coming to my house weekly for his clarinet lesson. I was blessed to teach him and to have become friends with his wonderful mother, Judy. I was thrilled to be included in his Bar Mitzvah. He was such an outstanding young man. He touched my life in a very special way. My sincere condolences to each of his family members. Sent with Love, Pamela Kotel Howley

My mother, Lorice Scipione had young Joshua Lukin as a student at Austintown Middle School. She ( shhh, don't tell anyone) had favorite students and Josh was her #1 favorite. Mom said Josh was the best student she ever taught , that he was witty as well as bright and that he was also favorite among the other students. I remember hearing josh stories at our dinner table. He made an quite an impression as a boy and it appears he never lost his joy of learning . His students were so lucky he...

I was fortunate enough to have had Dr. Lukin as a professor this past Spring 2019 semester. His quick wit and puns really would make everyone leave with a smile on their face. Professor Lukin was my favorite professor last semester, showing true professionalism and compassion in and outside of the classroom. You will be missed, sir.

Sending my love and peace to Ann...

There was nobody like Josh on this earth. It was my great good fortune to meet him, and through him Ann, because of the Temple FYWP. In many ways he taught me to teach all over again.

In my head he's arrived in Tir na nOg, the Land of the Young, where everything is wonderful and there are always cats. And Derrick, and his brother, and Philip K. Dick, and Pete Seeger...

Ave atque vale. I'll see you someday on Fiddler's Green.

This saddens me so. Josh had a great spirit and energy, with wonderful humor. I will miss seeing him around campus and at disability events. My heart breaks for Ann.

English and First-Year Writing at Temple University will be a much duller place without Josh Lukin there. He will be sorely missed by colleagues and students. I will miss the tradition of coffee at Uncle Bobby's in Germantown with Josh, and sometimes with Ann too, because the stories were always scandalous and funny. Josh excelled at both high theory and low gossip, and his dry, raw wit was such a rare find in the conversational world. He was a kind man, and a good friend. I am sending peace...

Josh was a wonderful person. He was supportive of me when my parents died. When he participated in Facebook, I enjoyed his musings on pop culture, politics, and literature. I shall miss him, as I miss my folks and his late brother, Jon. Peace, Josh!