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Dr. Roger B. WILKENFELD

Mansfield, Storrs, Connecticut

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WILKENFELD, Dr. Roger B. Dr. Roger B. Wilkenfeld was born in Brooklyn in 1938 to parents Jacob and Freda. He graduated from Brooklyn College before earning his doctorate in English Literature from the University of Rochester. He taught for nearly fifty years (with a brief stint at...

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With my wife, Michelle.

I am in shock. Roger was my closest friend at Brooklyn College, the University of Rochester, and for many years afterwards, though we lost touch, for the most part, after I moved to Texas in 1978. We were inseparable at Brooklyn College. We met shortly after his father Jacob died in Freshman year, and he then became a fixture in our home, becoming also close with my own dad. We did everything together, seeing plays and films, going to museums engaging in long philosophical discussions....