Obituaries today: Miriam Cavanaugh was chairman of AIC English department

Obituaries from The Republican.

Miriam K. Cavanaugh

Miriam Katherine (Collins) Cavanaugh, of West Springfield, died March 23. Born in West Springfield, she graduated from West Springfield High School and received a BA degree from the University of Missouri. Returning to West Springfield, she became a reporter and feature writer for the Springfield Republican, covering labor. In 1967 she received a master's degree from Mount Holyoke College and went on to earn a Ph.D degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in English and American literature. Cavanaugh was a professor of English and American literature at American International College for 30 years, retiring in 1994. She served as chairman of AIC's English department. Cavanaugh also founded the college's Scholastic Press Forum and was its director for many years. Active in Democratic politics, she was a member of the West Springfield Democratic Town Committee and a delegate to the Democratic State Convention. For nine years she was a member of the West Springfield School Committee, serving two terms as chairman. In 2000 she was named a Democrat of the Century, earning a citation from the Massachusetts Senate and citations from Congress.

Obituaries from The Republican:

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  Aube, Maurice J.




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  Bielecki, Kathleen Mary (Olschafskie)
  



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  Bourcier, Marie J. (Bourgault)
  




• Caney, Jeanne Rita (Russell)
  




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  Cavagnac, Florence M. (Morache)
  



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  Cavanaugh, Miriam Katherine (Collins)




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  Chatel, Dorothy L. (Sarzen)
  



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  Franzek, Bertha A. (Fondakowski)
  




• Goral, Carl C.
  




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  Harrington Jr., John R.
  



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  Jorey, Bruce T.




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  Moore, James Patrick "Jim"
  



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  O'Connor, Edward J.
  




• Pelland, Roger W.
  




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  Read, Jean Henderson
  



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  Richards, Walter B.




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  Rivera, Vicente "Pin"
  



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  Rosati, Raymond Frank
  




• Wilson, Phyllis