University Community Mourns Professor Fredric M. Jablin
November 1, 2004
The Jepson School family mourns the death of Dr.
Fredric M. Jablin, professor and E. Claiborne Robins
Distinguished Chair of Leadership Studies. He died
Saturday, Oct. 30.
"The Jepson School is saddened and shocked at the
loss of our colleague, Fred Jablin," said Dean Kenneth
Ruscio.
"He was a dedicated scholar, a respected teacher and
a friend to all of us. He provided guidance and support
to everyone and personified the school's central mission
of service to others. Our prayers and sympathies are
with his children and his many friends."
Students gathered Sunday night for a candlelight
vigil. A formal campus memorial service in honor of Dr.
Jablin is being planned.
Information about how to honor and remember Dr.
Jablin and his family will be posted as soon as possible
at
www.richmond.edu/jepson.
A respected senior member of the faculty and one of
the nation's leading scholars in leadership studies and
communications, Dr. Jablin came to Richmond from the
University of Texas at Austin in 1994 to help establish
the new Jepson School of Leadership Studies. He served
as Acting Dean during a pivotal time period, 2001-02,
when the School was preparing to celebrate its 10th
anniversary.
A mark of the high level of his scholarship, he was on
numerous editorial boards for professional journals and
received many awards for research and teaching. He
conceived of the
Jepson Dissertation Awards and this year was
chairing that effort to honor the work of young scholars
in the field of leadership studies. At Texas, he served
on master and Ph.D. committees and stayed in touch with
his many former students, some of whom are professors
around the country. At the time of his death, he was
exploring a new research interest, concepts of courage
and leadership.
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