PETER-FREUND-Obituary

PETER FREUND

New York, New York

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FREUND--Peter, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Montclair State University, born New York City, died June 12, at 73, after a struggle with pancreatic and liver cancer. Peter was loved by many: his wife and lifetime soul mate, Miriam Fisher, sisters Deirdre McCarthy-King and Maureen McCarthy-Koth,...

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Ah, Peter, I miss you.

Has it been 10 years already? Debbie and I still share stories about our lives with Peter. He was the best man at our wedding 50 years ago. I have the pictures to prove it! I miss him dearly.

I think often of Peter. What a wonderful colleague! Smart. Cheerful, and always on the side of the people! It is hard to believe that he has been gone for a decade now. ¡Peter Freund presente!

Still miss him a lot. I think of him often. He was a great friend. Ralph Larkin

I am Peter's wife, Miriam Fisher. Peter was a consistent voice for progressive change, a different drummer challenging the status quo of inequities. So much of his voice has reverberated into the present, questioning and rethinking environmental practices, the car culture, health needs, disability concerns. Peter's legacy to me is to speak up, speak out, as he did, a model, and always standing beside me when I do. And always unwavering support for my needs, as I tried to be for him. So...

Remembering my dear friend Peter every day. Bob

Peter was a great guy and fine, progressive colleague! I think of him every day, when I walk past the office that used to be his.

I still miss lunches with Peter. He would come with a backpack, which he would fill with us leftovers. "This is dinner," he would say. We would talk politics, sociology, and whatever. I look forward to those hours that we would spend together. We would read each other's writings and critique them. When I was writing about the Columbine shootings, he was the one who alerted me to the issues of masculinity and rampage shootings. I am forever thankful for that. Yesterday I saw an advertisement...

Peter, I still miss you. There is a vacant spot in my life you filled. Love my memories of you.