Michael M. Horowitz

As a doctoral student of Dr. Horowitz, I was given the opportunity to participate in the Senegal River Basin Monitoring Activity (SRBMA) field research program from 1987-1990 and obtain my masters and doctoral degrees. Michael guided my intellectual development in anthropology and had a profound influence in the way I frame my understanding of the world today. He was exacting in his pursuit of knowledge and his expectations of his protégés. My deepest condolences to Sylvia and the family. ...

It is only two days ago that I learned the sad news of the passing of Prof Michael Horowitz. Michael (and Dr Muneera Salem-Murdock) hired me in 1988 to serve as field researcher in the Senegal River Basin Monitoring Activity (SRBMA), a four-year research project then funded by USAID and carried by the Institute for Development Anthropology. What I have learned during this period under Michael's mentorship was key to the subsequent direction that my career have taken (serving with the World...

Dear Sylvia and family,

Please accept our sincerest condolences on Michael's passing and may his memory be for a blessing. You are in our thoughts and prayers.

Love, Phyllis & Jerry

It is with great sadness that I hear of Michael's death. My deepest condolences to Sylvia and the rest of the family especially Andy, Stephanie and Viva. I regret that I will not be able to participate in memorial services in Binghamton because I am currently doing fieldwork in Mexico. My thoughts, however, are with you all.

Randall McGuire

Thinking of the Horowitz family at this time of passing of their husband, father, and grandfather.

~ René Neville