<p>My D1 called me to tell me this sad news. She and her roommates were pretty upset about it.</p>
<p>Obituary: Glenn Alexander Stewart / Physicist, founder and dean of Pitt Honors College
Jan. 14, 1941 - April 7, 2010
Thursday, April 08, 2010
By Vivian Nereim, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Glenn Alexander StewartA physicist who was a humanist at heart and an administrator whose door was always open, Glenn Alexander “Alec” Stewart for years lured top students to the University of Pittsburgh, nurturing their interests and launching them to further success.</p>
<p>The founding dean of Pitt’s University Honors College, Dr. Stewart helped produce streams of award-winning graduates, including six Rhodes scholars since 1983. Students said he was constantly approachable, generous with his time and willing to talk about anything.</p>
<p>Dr. Stewart, of Churchill, died Wednesday after a long illness. He was 69.</p>
<p>Thank you for the link. My daughter had called last night with this sad news. I was on campus before spring break and we were heading back to the car. My daughter said, “That looks like Doc” walking up the hill in front of us. So we stopped and said hello. He was heading to a play that Friday evening. I am sad that my daughter knew him less than a year, but happy that he had made such an impression on her and had time to talk to her many times since she started at Pitt in the fall.</p>
<p>Such sad news–I’m very sorry to hear this. We just arrived in Pittsburgh to attend Honors Day tomorrow. When D and I visited Pitt one year ago, it was Dr. Stewart’s presentation at the Honors College information session that was the highlight of our visit for D. His eloquence and sincerity truly impressed us.</p>
<p>people are saying that UHC should be renamed after Doc Stewart. There’s a Facebook group and a petition if you want to sign it, they’re trying to get 1000 people on the petition.</p>
<p>Just wanted to post this account of the memorial service. It gives such a good portrait of Doc Stewart, the man and scholar, and his out-of-the-box way of thinking. </p>
DS really enjoyed his physics’ class.</p>