Robert Maslow

1941 - 2007
Robert Maslow, of Brooklyn, NY, died Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 of natural causes. He was 66. He is survived by his children, Susan, Peter, and Katy, and his sister Linda.

Robert Joel Maslow, son of Lewis and Elsie Maslow, nephew of Abraham Maslow, the psychologist, grew up in Brooklyn and Long Island, attended Goddard College in Vermont, studied at Cambridge in England, and received his PhD from the New School University in New York, NY. Around that time he met the mother of his three children, Pirkko Maslow née Turkki, a Finn living in the Lower East Side.

Robert was a professor of Political Science at Hofstra University, a political philosopher and writer, and an avid golfer. Despite having cerebral palsy, a lifelong physical handicap, Robert lived an active and intellectual life.

He was a longtime resident of the Midwood neighborhood in Brooklyn, and lived very close to his three children. He was a regular in many establishments and diners around Brooklyn and often debated politics with the locals. He had a great reputation and was well liked and respected in the community.

His family invites all who knew him to attend a public memorial service being held at Midwood Chapel, 1625 Coney Island Avenue (on the corner of Avenue M), Brooklyn, NY 11230 on Sunday, November 11th, 2007, from 12:00-2:00pm.

Thank you,

The Maslow Family





To die, to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to - 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause.

- William Shakespeare