Celebration of Life: Murray Turoff - Order of Service

Order of Service for Murray Turoff Monday, November 14, 2022 5:00 PM EST
Submitted by mg833 on Mon, 11/14/2022 - 16:20

Celebration of Life

A Virtual Memorial Service for

Murray Turoff, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Department of Informatics

 

Monday, November 14, 2022 – 5:00 PM EST (10:00 PM GMT)

 

Order of Service

 

 

  1. Welcome – Dr. Julie Ancis, Interim Chair, Department of Informatics

 

  1. Announcement – Dr. Craig Gotsman, Dean, Ying Wu College of Computing

 

  1. Family Thoughts: Andrea Turoff, Daughter

 

  1. Personal Thoughts: Dr. Starr Roxanne Hiltz

 

  1. Reading of the Obituary:  Eileen Michie, Former Student, Mentee. 

 

  1. Reflections on Murray’s Life Work: Alan Leurck, former Assistant Director, Computerized Conferencing and Communication Center (CCCC), NJIT.

 

  1. Reflections on Murray’s Life Work: Dr. V. “Bala” Balasubramanian, Ph.D. student, entrepreneur and business owner.

 

  1. Reflections on Murray’s Life Work: Dr. Michael Bieber, Professor Emeritus, Department of Informatics. Faculty hire by Murray, mentored through the ranks to full Professor.

 

  1. Reflections from an NJIT Colleague: Dr. James Geller, Interim Chair, Department of Data Science

 

  1. Reflections on Murray’s Final Chapter: Dr. Victor A. Bañuls, Professor of MIS at Universidad Pablo de Olavide at Seville, Spain and Former Member of the Board of ISCRAM.

 

  1. Murray the Life Long Friend: Stan Gross, High School Classmate

 

  1. Murray the Grandfather: Maxwell Wank, Grandson

 

  1. Closing Remarks and Thank you:  David Ullman, Professor of Practice, Department of Informatics, Former Student, Mentee