Nathan Snyder

As morbid as it may sound, Nathan and I had the greatest laugh ever when we met at a nursing home in Austin. It was an impromptu meeting. My girlfriend and I were visiting her mother at the nursing home when Nathan appeared in the hallway. Seeing someone with a Yarmulke was a conversation piece and I approached Nathan or a Rabbi there may have introduced us. We began talking and it was one of the nicest experiences of my life. Soon Nathan was talking about his situation and his tumor. He...

Today, I suddenly started thinking about Nathan. Then, I checked in the Internet to know about his whereabouts and I discovered he's been dead for two years. I knew Nathan in Austin when I was studying there and our friendship lasted for a number of years. It's a sad moment for me.

I just received my BU alumni magazine and saw the death notice. I started kindergarden with Nathan and his father was our postman. The last time I saw him was in Philadelphia in 1968. He was a very kind, gentle person. It is too bad the internet wasn't around earlier, perhaps we would not have lost touch.

I am a nurse that had the pleasure of taking care of Mr. Snyder. Although difficult at times he was very kind and was very eager to share his life stories and experiences. I too am and have always been very interested in the Holocaust and we shared and discussed many topics related to. It is also nice to see what he looked like as a younger man.

Nathan was a co-worker and friend when I worked at the Perry Castaneda Library in the mid-1980s. Even though I lost track of him after leaving the UT General Libraries, I always remembered him as a kind and gentle soul, who although shy, genuinely came alive when sharing his knowledge of Jewish history and texts. I consider myself fortunate to have known him.

What an incredible remarkable young man. I wish I had known him. Thoughts and prayers to Nathan's family and friends.

Nathan was a real human being and a persistent intellectual at the University of Texas at Austin ,I worked with Nathan at the perry Castanda Library on many reasearches and Nathan was always there ready to photocopy books directly for me and brought them to my house,he was so kind to many others also,I kept emailing him all the time even after I left the university,he accepted to email back and was always generous in the information he offered, ,I was continuously connecting to him even...

Nathan was a kind and persistent colleague. It was always a challenge to locate the materials he wanted from other libraries around the world. Nathan was always polite in his quiet way when he visited the Interlibrary Loan office at PCL. His soul is at peace, my sympathy to his family and friends.

Nathan, your parents will be waiting with open arms. You have won the race. You have outran us all. Take care.GOD BLESS.