Just got this email message a couple of days ago....very sad

To the Institute Community,

I am very sorry to have to tell you of the sad news of the passing early
this morning of Professor Emeritus Clifford Geertz.

Cliff was founding professor of the School of Social Science, who joined
the Faculty in September 1970. He was the Harold F. Linder Professor
from 1982 until 2000, when he obtained emeritus status. His work
spanned the fields of cultural anthropology, religion and social theory,
and his most recent research concerned the question of ethnic diversity
and its implications in the modern world. Among his many honors, in
2002 he received the Award of Meritorious Achievements from the
Indonesian government and in 1992 was awarded the Fukuoka Asian Cultural
Prize.

Prior to joining the Institute, Cliff was Professor of Social
Anthropology and Chairman of the Committee for the Comparative Study of
New Nations at the University of Chicago. He was a visiting lecturer at
Princeton University from 1975-2000, Eastman Professor at Oxford
University from 1978-1979, and in 1984 a Fellow of the International
Interchange Program of the Japan Society.

Cliff will be greatly missed, and we extend our deep sympathy to his
wife, Dr. Karen Blu, and to his children, Erika and Benjamin. The
family will be at home on Saturday, November 4 from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm at
5 Newlin Road. A memorial service will be held at the Institute, and an
announcement of that will follow.