This is very sad news. I can only imagine there are many on this list whose lives Prof. Gerow touched, and who benefited from his great erudition.

For those interested, I have attached the brief introduction to the volume Deepak referred to, which includes some details of Edwin Gerow's life and scholarship.

Herman Tull, PhD
Princeton, NJ


On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM Deepak Sarma via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
I was fortunate to see Prof. Gerow in January of this year. I was lalso ucky to have studied with him when he taught at Reed College in Portland Oregon. If it were not for him I would not have studied Madhva/ Davita Vedanta.

I am glad that we were able to publish a Festschrift of sorts:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/i24631627

Ācāryasamarpaṇam: Studies in Honor of Edwin Gerow
International Journal of Hindu Studies
Vol. 19, No. 1/2, Special Issue: Studies in Honor of Edwin Gerow (APRIL–AUGUST 2015)

I am very sad indeed but so grateful to have crossed paths with him.

Here he is in January 2025.





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> On Jul 24, 2025, at 8:01 AM, Lyne Bansat-Boudon via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:
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> Dear all,
> I have just sent the very sad news of Prof Gerow demise, but through a wrong way, and without the proper subject. ( you will find it in the last mail concerning Carmen Spiers' recent book)
> My apologies .
> Best wishes
> Lyne
>
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