PETER AWN

This still breaks my heart.

Throughout this year I have often thought about my teacher and mentor and friend Peter Awn. I miss him and have so much of my life to share with him. He will forever be in my heart. I send my deepest condolences to his family and friends.

As a professor, Peter Awn exuded passion, brilliance, & a fiery mischief. I was lucky enough to take his World Religion class in 1987 & it left a lifelong impression. What a loss. My condolences to his family & to Columbia University.

Peter Awn was not just my teacher he was my friend once I graduated from the Joint Program majoring in Bible at JTS and Comparative religion from Columbia School of GS. I often used his opening class in my teaching throughout the years which I always have him credit. He was a thoughtful, kind, passionate teacher, and a thoughtful friend. I offer you my sincere condolences on your loss. I will always remember him as a unique individual who shaped my life as a teacher. Words do not even begin to express my feelings of loss.

I am heartbroken to learn, just now, of the passing of the wonderful Dean Peter J. Awn. Columbia University and, indeed, the entire Columbia family will never be the same without Peter Awn. I feel so blessed to have gotten to know Dean Awn when I attended our reunion in 2014. He was kind, energetic, charming, modest, fiercely loyal to Columbia, handsome, and so intelligent! My only regret is that I never had the pleasure of taking a course from him. Peter Awn was a NYC treasure, a fixture at Columbia University, representing the best of what a great university in a great city is! You are deeply missed, Dean Awn, and my heart goes out to his loved ones. May Professor Peter J. Awn RIP.

A high school English teacher, I was lucky enough to be in Peter's NEH seminar on Islam in the summer of 1988. Peter was, of course, knowledgeable about the subject, but more importantly, his warmth, charisma, and passion for the literature and teaching infused every hour of our time with him. As a result of those six weeks with Peter, I was encouraged to do more reading about Islam and the Middle East and to travel to many countries in that part of the world. I also maintained a sort of relationship with him by stopping by his office whenever I was in New York.He always made time to talk to me even after he became dean.I offer you my deepest sympathy. I know your sadness as his close family members is much deeper than mine. Columbia and Manhattan will be much darker without the light of Peter Awn.

Professor Awn was a truly great teacher and wonderful human. I will never forget your lectures, chats and friendship. God protect and keep your soul. RIP

~ Continued condolences to the Family & Friends of Peter Awn, stellar C.U. community member and, by all accounts, very much a 'part-of-the-solution' across many boundaries......Let us, in living memory of Mr. Awn, keep him in mind as we thoughtfully traverse his earthly home of NYC; putting an inherent premium upon the safety of others.........Always espousing the welfare of our brethren sojourner-citizens---of ALL walks of LIFE---in the most mindful of ways ~

Cousin Peter was a mentor and an invaluable advocate for our daughter Alyssa. She held him in such high esteem as did all his colleagues and students. He will be missed but his spirit and memory will remain.
All our love
The Collins Family

To Peter Awns family. My deeoest condolence, and may our heavenly father bring great comfort and peace, mathews 5:4

To the friends and family of Mr. Peter Awn:
I am so sorry to hear of your loss.May the God of all comfort, comfort you in your time of need.Cherish the memories.

To the Awn Family: My heartfelt sympathies go out to the family and friends during this difficult time. I hope that the promise in 1 Thessalonians 4:14 can bring comfort. Knowing that there's a hope for the ones we have lost in death can be so reassuring.

To the family of Peter Awn. My sincere condolences. May you have underserved kindness and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 1:3 JF

I am truly sorry. What a loss.