Eugene Cruz-Uribe | |
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Born | |
Died | March 12, 2018 | (aged 65)
Nationality | American |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Egyptology |
Institutions | IU East |
Eugene Cruz-Uribe was an American Egyptologist. He focused particularly on later stages of Ancient Egyptian history, such as the Late Period and the Graeco-Roman era. He had a particular interest in Demotic texts.
Cruz-Uribe received his BA and PhD, both in Egyptology, from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.
Cruz-Uribe trained under Janet Johnson and others at IU East. He also served as the project Egyptologist for the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibits in Seattle and New York.
Cruz-Uribe died on March 12, 2018, from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. [1]
Many accounts describe Cruz-Uribe as well-liked. Once source describes reaction to his death as follows:
The news of his death spread very quickly, and the intense outpouring of spontaneous grief in the social media was dramatic and powerful. The response was nearly as startling as the news itself. What I found heart-warming was the number of people—friends, colleagues, and acquaintances—who expressed their sorrow and shared their heartache. I’ve never seen anything quite like it in 45 years of Egyptology. Just as amazing was the number of people who started wearing bow ties in his honor, many—myself included—who learned to tie them for the first time! Gene, of course, was known for the hand-tied bow ties that he always wore and for laughably touting their superiority to ordinary neckties. Six weeks after he died, many people wore bow ties or bow tie pins in his memory at the ARCE Annual Meeting in Tucson. Piccione 2018
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Born | |
Died | March 12, 2018 | (aged 65)
Nationality | American |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Egyptology |
Institutions | IU East |
Eugene Cruz-Uribe was an American Egyptologist. He focused particularly on later stages of Ancient Egyptian history, such as the Late Period and the Graeco-Roman era. He had a particular interest in Demotic texts.
Cruz-Uribe received his BA and PhD, both in Egyptology, from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.
Cruz-Uribe trained under Janet Johnson and others at IU East. He also served as the project Egyptologist for the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibits in Seattle and New York.
Cruz-Uribe died on March 12, 2018, from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. [1]
Many accounts describe Cruz-Uribe as well-liked. Once source describes reaction to his death as follows:
The news of his death spread very quickly, and the intense outpouring of spontaneous grief in the social media was dramatic and powerful. The response was nearly as startling as the news itself. What I found heart-warming was the number of people—friends, colleagues, and acquaintances—who expressed their sorrow and shared their heartache. I’ve never seen anything quite like it in 45 years of Egyptology. Just as amazing was the number of people who started wearing bow ties in his honor, many—myself included—who learned to tie them for the first time! Gene, of course, was known for the hand-tied bow ties that he always wore and for laughably touting their superiority to ordinary neckties. Six weeks after he died, many people wore bow ties or bow tie pins in his memory at the ARCE Annual Meeting in Tucson. Piccione 2018
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