Raymond Merrill Smullyan

Smullyan, Raymond Merrill HUDSON Raymond Merrill Smullyan, age 96, died on Monday, February 6, 2017, in Hudson. He was born on May 25, 1919, in Far Rockaway, N.Y., the son of Isidore Smullyan and Rosina Freeman Smullyan. He was educated at the University of Chicago and Princeton University. He was a mathematician and logician, professor emeritus of philosophy at Lehman College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and Oscar Ewing professor of philosophy at Indiana University Bloomington. He was also an author of a series of popular books on recreational logic, including, "What Is the Name of This Book?" He was a gifted pianist, amateur astronomer, magician, punster and storyteller extraordinaire. Raymond is survived by a stepson, nephew, and cousins. His wife, Blanche, died in 2006. Memorial observance to be announced later.