Rama-Coomaraswamy-Obituary

Rama Coomaraswamy

Albany, New York

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DR. RAMA COOMARASWAMYdied suddenly Wednesday in Little Rock Arkansas where he was undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma. He was 76.He is the son of famed scholar Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, former curator of Indian Art at the Boston Museum. His mother Dona Luisa Runstein was a professional...

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We love you Ivan. "Copper Green" on the Church right there behind the alter was the first sign that you were it for us. Fr. RC would approve.

My deepest sympathy goes out to the whole Coomaraswamy family.I just learned of Dr.Coomaraswamy's death.Mrs.Coomaraswamy may God keep you and your family well.

A SAINT OF OUR MODERN DAYS,
RAMA'S WORK HIS SOUL DISPLAY'S
:BEHOLD HIS WORK NOW FOR HE'SPASSED AWAY FROM "TIME;TO ETERNITY'
GOD LOVED HIM SO MUCH THAT HE COULD NOT BARE TO BE SEPARETED FROM HIS BELOVED HE CREATED ;AND CALLED HIM BACK NEVER TO BE AGAIN SEPARETED;

I am writing to express my deepest sympathy to Frank Coomaraswamy and family. My family and I will keep you all in our thoughts and prayers.

Our thoughts and Prayers are with your family.

Flynn/Kiani family

Dear Dr. Bernadette: I am so sorry to hear that my dear friend Rama has passed away. You might remember when in 1985 I invited him as a guest speaker to Peru during the first international symposium on traditional studies organized in Latin America. Rama had the temperament of a warrior –he was true to his hindu name. Your daughter Maria, not to mention Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Huston Smith- can tell you about the brilliant conferences he gave in Lima on the nature of...

My deepest sympathies to a very brave and loving family. Dr. Coomaraswamy was a friend I enjoyed talking to, and I thank his wife for introducing us.

Please accept my deepest sympathies.

Our sincere condolences to the family of Dr. Coomaraswamy.
Myself and my wife are deeply saddened to know that Dr. Rama Coomaraswamy passed away. I was privileged to know him and often to work with him as a colleague at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and affiliated hospitals. He was blessed with an exceptional intellect and was an avid reader. His knowledge in Theology, Philosophy and Medicine were broad in scope and deep in substance, yet he was humble, caring and compassionate...