Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures from 1963 to 1969, Twersky later served as director of Harvard's Center for Jewish Studies from 1978 to 1993.
Twersky volunteered as a spiritual leader at the Congregation Beth David, the temple where he worshipped, and was a frequent visiting professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem where he also served on the Board of Governors.
Donald P. Warwick
Senior Lecturer on Sociology Donald P. Warwick died Dec. 6. He was 63.
Warwick's academic career spanned more than 30 years and three continents.
For the past 21 years, Warwick combined teaching responsibilities in the Graduate School of Education and the Department of Sociology with frequent consultations with ministries of education in developing countries.
Warwick was director of the Comparative International Studies Program and lecturer on social relations for the sociology department from 1967 to 1971. He joined the Harvard Institute of International Development as an Institute Fellow in 1976.