[Xmca-l] Re: Vera John-Steiner has passed away

[Jay Lemke]

Just now reading of Vera's passing.

So sad she has left us, but so happy in remembering all my wonderful
conversations with her in so many places around the world.

I learned a lot from her about the less visible and more implicit aspects
of creativity and collaboration and how to think with and about them. I
also learned about compassion, and about the challenges faced by even the
most brilliant women in a male-arrogant academia. People who never met her
can be grateful for her life and her work. For those who were lucky enough
to know her, we have been lucky indeed.

JAY.



Jay Lemke
Professor Emeritus
City University of New York
www.jaylemke.com


On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Robert Lake <boblake@georgiasouthern.edu>
wrote:

> Dear XMCA Family,
>
> Our beloved Vera John-Steiner died last night very shortly after she
> experienced a stroke.
> She had posted to this site on 11/25/17.  We will send more information and
> an obituary as
> it becomes available.  Attached is the last "letter" from
> *Constructing a Community of Thought:Letters on the Scholarship, Teaching,
> and Mentoring of Vera John-Steiner *(2013).
> In this piece, we sought to synthesize all the wonderful contributions
> from so many of her friends, collaborators and students from the book
> mentioned above.
>
> Warmest condolences to her family and to all her knew and loved her.
> *Robert Lake*
>