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Roy Rosenzweig, the Mark and Barbara Fried Professor of History & New Media at George Mason University, and a friend and councilor of the AHA, passed away yesterday, October 11, 2007, due to complications resulting from advanced cancer of the…

A group of people socializing at an indoor reception, with a table of snacks and a poster depicting a historical scene visible in the background.
This is a second picture from that evening at the Pohick Module on October 3, 2001. Roy is talking to Dee Holisky. In the background are Bob Hawkes and Paula Petrik.

Three people converse in an office setting, with a man in a maroon shirt and striped tie holding papers, another man with glasses and a mustache, and a woman with red hair seen from behind.
This is a picture I took in the second incarnation of the Center for History and New Media (the Pohick Module) on October 3, 2001. Note the shirt--what a surprise!

Black-and-white photograph of two young boys kneeling outdoors, petting a small dog, with a rustic wooden fence and bare trees in the background.
Take notice of the dark shirt. It was most probably RED.

A long-sleeved maroon button-up shirt with a collar, two chest pockets with flaps, and button cuffs, displayed flat against a white background.
Roy liked not to have to think about clothes, and he was a man of habits. Left alone, he'd of worn nothing but jeans and red shirts

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A very rough first take--I'll probably polish it up when I get time. Although to be honest, writing a piece of music for Roy is sort of like painting a landscape for Ray Charles. Roy would appreciate the gesture, I'm sure.

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Speech written by Tony Rosenzweig, for the Celebration of Roy's Life, December 9, 2007.
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