August 2, 2021
The AAR is saddened to share that Van Harvey, George Edwin Burnell professor of religious studies emeritus at Stanford University, died on July 11, 2021. From the obituary published by Stanford's department of religious studies:
"Professor Harvey was widely respected and sought out by undergraduates from every major. Indeed, many former students, across decades and across disciplines, remember him as the best professor they encountered in their Stanford days. This is probably because he strove not merely to impart knowledge but also to connect it to students’ lives and, more generally, to teach them how to become independent learners and disciplined thinkers."