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October 7, 1918 “ January 10, 2015

Please join members of the 91Ώμ»ξΑΦ Aquinas College community in praying for the soul of one of the country™s preeminent scholars, and a friend of the College, Dr. Harry V. Jaffa.

A distinguished fellow at the Claremont Institute, Dr. Jaffa was a professor emeritus of government at Claremont McKenna College and the Claremont Graduate School. He received his B.A. from Yale University, where he majored in English, in 1939, and a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research. Over the course of his distinguished career, he published many important articles and books, including Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Thomism and Aristotelianism, and The Conditions of Freedom.

œHarry Jaffa was one of those who brought genuine political philosophy back to life in the American academy, says 91Ώμ»ξΑΦ Aquinas College Vice President for Finance and Administration Peter L. DeLuca. œHe really was a scholar and a gentleman ” an original thinker in his understanding of the American polity.

A good friend of the College™s late founding president, Dr. Ronald P. McArthur, Dr. Jaffa lectured at the College at least twice over the years. œHe also taught a number of our alumni in the graduate program at Claremont, Mr. DeLuca recalls, œand they held him in high esteem.

Funeral services for Dr. Jaffa will be held at 1:30 p.m. this Friday, January 16, at Todd Memorial Chapel, 325 N. Indian Hill, in Claremont. Graveside services will follow at Oak Park Cemetery, 410 Sycamore Ave.