In Memoriam: Frances Degen Horowitz, President of The Graduate Center from 1991 to 2005
Frances Degen Horowitz
The Graduate Center community deeply mourns the passing of Past President and Professor Emerita
Frances Degen Horowitz, who died on March 15 at age 88. A prominent child psychologist, Horowitz served as The Graduate Center’s president from 1991 to 2005 and remained a member of the faculty until her retirement in 2010. She is widely admired for having the conviction and determination to move The Graduate Center from its original space in an office building on 42
nd Street to its current location in the landmark former home of the B. Altman & Company department store at 34