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DR. VICTOR MARGOLIN
On Wednesday, November 27, 2019, DR. VICTOR MARGOLIN of Washington, DC. Beloved husband of Sylvia Margolin. Loving father of Myra Margolin (David Uejio). Cherished grandfather of Olivia " Vivi" Margolin Uejio. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 2 p.m. at TORCHINSKY HEBREW FUNERAL HOME, 254 Carroll St., NW, Washington, DC, 202-541-1001. Interment will take place on Wednesday, December 4, 2:30 p.m. at New Montefiore Cemetery, 1180 Wellwood Ave., West Babylon, NY. Shiva will be observed on Wednesday, December 4 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the home of Jay and Loretta Samuels and on Thursday, December 5, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the late residence. Memorial contributions may be made to Subud, c/o The Alkaitises, 1231 Hillcrest Road, Arnold, MD 21012.
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for VICTOR MARGOLIN
Bud Weinstein
November 25, 2022
As more of my friends, professional colleagues, and relatives pass every year, I fondly remember the best of them--especially Victor Margolin. For his intellect, his humor, and his drumming!---Bud Weinstein
Ellen McGovern
January 3, 2020
I was so surprised to see the name: Victor Margolin in the Washington Post obituaries, December 31.
The only Victor I knew about and maybe met once was the son of my dear friends, Olya and Ben Margolin.
I googled and it was confirmed that he in fact was the son of Ben and Olya. His parents were so very proud of him and his many academic and creative accomplishments. Ben in his last days in the DC region always updated us and talked with pride about Victor, his wife Sylvia, and grand daughter, Myra. Peace to Victor and his family. Ellen McGovern
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December 6, 2019
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Sarah Johnson
December 5, 2019
My condolences to Victor Margolin's family, friends, and colleagues. Scholarship is an all consuming business, and his dedication was notable! Like many in the design history community, I knew his work long before I met him at a design theory conference at Ohio State. There, we shared our love of graphic design history. Victor was an extraordinary scholar, and a fine human being, and he will be greatly missed!
Adam Richardson
December 3, 2019
I haven't had many people in my life that I would consider mentors, though in retrospect Victor was one of them. I came to know him a little after submitting an essay for Design Issues back in 1992, when I was 24 and in my last year of industrial design school. He provided feedback on the initial draft, and it was printed in the spring 1993 issue. We stayed in touch after that, and he encouraged me to submit a paper for a conference he was organizing in Helsinki, which I did and was fortunate enough to attend - my first business trip! Attached is a picture I took of Victor playing drums for an impromptu performance by some of the attendees on the last day of the conference!
We also met up when I moved to Chicago to attend UofC, we had dinner at his house and a rental movie (Nicolas Cage in Red Rock West, which Victor liked until 2/3 of the way through, after which he thought it went off the rails...).
We lost touch after I moved away from Chicago, until I moved to Baltimore a couple years ago and found out he was in DC. We spoke on the phone and he invited me over, but unfortunately the 2 years have flown by and I didn't make enough of an effort. I'm very sad I didn't have a chance to reconnect and thank him for the early support and opportunities which proved formative for my life career.
I'm sure I'm not alone in being encouraged and influenced by Victor. My deepest condolences to the family.
Bud Weinstein
December 3, 2019
Victor was one of my oldest friends. We played in a band together when we were at Wilson High School. I'm so glad I was able to be with him at the 60th reunion a few months ago. Marci and I send our condolences to Sylvia and her family.
Sarah Teasley
December 3, 2019
Victor was a dear friend as well as an inspiring and deeply supportive mentor and colleague. His intellectual generosity and enthusiasm, combined with his sharp intellect, insatiable curiosity and commitment to empathy and social justice throughout his life and work, had a profound impact on genarations of design studies researchers around the world and will continue to inspire us. I am grateful for the time spent together, and will miss him deeply. My thoughts go to Sylvia and Myra.
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Elizabeth Nelson
December 1, 2019
Victor was a great teacher, author, thinker, conversationalist, friend and mentor. I am grateful for all I learned from him over the years. He will be missed.
Priscila Farias
December 1, 2019
Victor was a very dear friend and a continuous source of inspiration for me. During a number of years, I was happy enough to join him in different parts of the world in design events, where he so gracefully and generously shared his knowledge and powerful visions of what design culture could be. Saudades.
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Beauvais Lyons
December 1, 2019
I am so glad that I was able to visit Victor and Sylvia this year in early April when I was in DC for the printmaking show at the Katzen Art Center. He was always an advocate for my work, and because of this a cover of Design Issues forthcoming will feature hybrid creatures from my Association for Creative Zoology Project. Victor and I met through the College Art Association as part of a session I co-chaired that featured fake scholarship - and he was a kindred spirit, and always sought big ideas while firmly planted on the ground, prizing relationships with others, and knowing the liberating power of humor. Our unfinished project (in fact, barely ever started), the Society for Meta-Visual Studies will have to live on through future generations of academic parody. He was a remarkable person and a bright light in the world. I will miss him dearly.
Adam Kallish
December 1, 2019
Victor first was a friend. We met in his Design History course at UIC where he not only taught us the facts, but the meaning and implications of history on our values and behaviors. Over the years we kept in touch and were fortunate to interact with Sylvia and Victor over dinner. Victor second was a champion of people and for design to help every person attain their agency. He saw so much potential for design as a plan for social change as well as to create artifacts to uplift and activate people's lives. He also asked for design to move beyond supporting the forever expansionist model of capitalism and find ways to reduce its negative impacts. HIs lectures, articles and books provide a rich landscape of documentation, contextualization and thoughtful ideas to make design relevant and useful. Lastly Victor was incredibly disciplined and overcame his very challenging malady with determination, grace and humanity. Sylvia strengthened who Victor was and was his collaborator. Victor will be sorely missed. Our condolences. Adam Kallish
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TORCHINSKY HEBREW FUNERAL HOME
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Interment
2:30 p.m.
New Montefiore Cemetery
1180 Wellwood Ave., West Babylon, NY
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