Brandeis Magazine

Norma (Wittelshofer) Fink, Friend, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 27. An educator and activist, she served from 1962-69 on the Newton School Committee; helped found the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, a voluntary busing program that gives inner-city children access to suburban schools; and summered with her late husband, Aaron, in a 200-year-old farmhouse in Strafford, Vermont. Survived by two daughters, two stepdaughters and three stepgrandchildren.

Roberta B. Franklin, Friend, of Larchmont, New York, on June 12. She and her late husband were generous benefactors of the Pearl Brown Endowed Scholarship at Brandeis through their Gerald and Roberta Franklin Charitable Foundation.

Charlotte Freeman Joly, Friend, of Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 21. Inspired by the great work of University Professor Anita Hill, she and her late husband created the Robert and Charlotte Joly Endowed Scholarship Fund at Brandeis.

Honey Kugler, Friend, Fellow, Brandeis National Committee, of Chicago, on May 31. Wife of the late Fred Kugler, she was a generous benefactor of Brandeis through the Kugler Foundation. Survived by five children, 17 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

George T. Lowy, Friend, of New York City, on July 3. A gifted corporate lawyer with global expertise, and a trusted teacher and adviser during more than 60 years as an attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, he served on the board of overseers of what is now Brandeis International Business School, and taught at New York University School of Law, which awarded him its highest honor, the Arthur T. Vanderbilt Medal. Survived by wife Pier.

Manfred Steinfeld, Friend, of Boca Raton, Florida, on June 30. A Holocaust survivor who built a furniture empire, he and his wife helped found the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and awarded more than 500 scholarships at Brandeis and other schools. Survived by wife Fern, three children and many grandchildren.