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The School of Education is remembering Ethel Blatt G’77, wife of former Dean Burton Blatt, who passed away on Jan. 15 in Albany, New York. In addition to earning a master’s degree in teacher’s education, she was an employee of the University’s Psycho-Educational Teaching Laboratory. Her outstanding contributions in lifelong and continuing education were recognized in 2011 with a .

Ethel Blatt’s surviving sons—Edward, Steven and Michael—request that donations be made in their mother’s name to the . Memories and condolences can be made via her .

“We are so proud that Ethel was an alumna of our school. Together with her husband, she left an indelible mark on our community and our mission to advance inclusive education,” says Interim Dean Kelly Chandler-Olcott, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence. “We are grateful that the Blatt family has asked that our community honor Ethel with donations to the Burton Blatt Scholarship Fund. That resource has made our school accessible to many, many students over the years, and it will continue to do so.”

Ethel (Draizen) Blatt was born in Brooklyn on April 29, 1932. She married Dean Blatt in 1951, and the couple moved to ���ϲ����� in 1969 when her husband joined the School of Education faculty. In addition to her work for the University, she was a special education teacher in the ���ϲ����� City School District and the Albany Hebrew Academy. After Dean Blatt’s passing, Ethel donated his papers to the University’s . Praised for her expertise in knitting, needle point and cooking, her obituary notes that she was an avid reader and a fan of Orange football and basketball.