Stanley E. Flink (1924-2022) spoke on changing styles and meanings in obituaries. He was a journalist and educator who worked for Life magazine, NBC news, and CBS news before becoming director of alumni communications and public information at Yale University in the 1970s.
Joanne B. Freeman was the commentator on Flink’s paper. She is the Alan Boles, Class of 1929 Professor of History at Yale University, and specializes in the politics and political culture of the revolutionary and early national periods of American History.