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Richard Lichtman

San Francisco, California

Mar 26, 1931 – Mar 16, 2018 (Age 86)

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BORN
March 26, 1931
DIED
March 16, 2018
AGE
86
LOCATION
San Francisco, California

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San Francisco Columbarium & Funeral Home Obituary

Richard Lichtman passed away unexpectedly on March 16, 2018 at his home in the East Bay. Prof. Lichtman was born in 1931 in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Nathan & Beatty Lichtman. He attended Yale University and earned a Ph.D. in philosophy. While serving in the military, he was asked...

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I have the distinction of being the father of two of Dr. Lichtman's youngest surviving students, my sons, now aged 12 and 10, whom he invited to attend his last course at the Wright Institute in Berkeley. I am also perhaps the last of Richard's dissertation students. Though he stepped down as my chair over a year ago, he chaired the entire introduction and the review of Freud. I will certainly be remembering him fondly in my dissertation, and not simply in the acknowledgments. My...

A good friend, old friend, necessary Marxist in this area. Long time teacher and capable of explaining what needs to be understood. He was part of Epic West - developed program Social Political scene in the late 70s that included most left voices in the Bay Area. Who is to follow that trumpet player?