Death of Ernest Bender

[rcohen at sas.upenn.edu]

Ernest Bender (1919-1996), founding member of the South Asia Regional 
Studies Department of the University of Pennsylvania, also member of the 
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Department (formerly Oriental Studies 
Dept.) from 1948-1989, and long-time editor of the Journal of the 
American Oriental Society, as well as the Society's president, passed 
away at his home in suburban Philadelphia on April 18th.

-- 
Richard J. Cohen, Assistant Director, South Asia Regional Studies
University of Pennsylvania, 820 Williams Hall, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305, Tel: 215-898-7475; Fax: 215-573-2138
E-mail: rcohen at mail.sas.upenn.edu