Larry was an inspirational teacher and a major scholar in rhetorical studies. He earned the B.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Cornell University and went on to teach at the University of Wisconsin, Hunter College, Queens College, Penn State University, and the University of New Hampshire.
I will post an obituary here when it becomes available.
From Betsy Hall: "Larry will have a memorial this coming Tuesday at 11:30 A.M. at Tifereth Israel in Lincoln Nebraska. The funeral home is Butherus Funeral Home in Lincoln. An obituary may be in Sunday's Lincoln Journal. He will be buried on Sunday, July 3rd at West Lawn Cemetery in Johnson City, NY (outside Binghamton) at 11:00 A.M. All are welcome."
The following obituary appeared online at the Butherus, Maser & Love Funeral Home:
Lawrence William (Larry) Rosenfield, 72, a retired professor of speech communication and rhetoric, died Friday, June 24, 2011, at his home in Lincoln, where he had lived since 2005.
He was born August 11, 1938, in Binghamton, N.Y., to Sam and Nettie (Feinberg) Rosenfield and grew up in Hancock, N.Y., where his parents owned a general dry goods store.
He spent a long career in university teaching and scholarship, beginning in 1963 at the University of Wisconsin, continuing at Hunter College and Queens College of the City University of New York in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and a visiting appointment at Penn State University in the 1980s, and ending at the University of New Hampshire from 1998 to 2005.
He graduated from Hancock Central School in 1956 and then attended Cornell University on a National Merit Scholarship, participating in intercollegiate forensic debate as a member and vice president of the Cornell Debate Association and graduating in 1960 with high honors. He went on to complete a master’s degree at the University of Illinois and then returned to Cornell, where he earned a Ph.D. in speech and drama in 1963.
In 1999 the National Communication Association presented him with its Lifetime Teaching Excellence Award.
Preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Edna Rosenfield; and a brother, Jerry Rosenfield, he is survived by his wife, Sylvia Hermanson, of Lincoln; a brother, Arthur Rosenfield, of Randolph, N.J.; and numerous cousins around the country.
Services are at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at Tifereth Israel Synagogue.
A graveside service is scheduled for 11 a.m., Sunday, July 3, 2011, at Westlawn Cemetery in Johnson City, N.Y.
A panel to remember Larry's work is is being organized for the November 2011 meeting of the National Communication Association.
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Sorry to see the great Professor depart us. I was a student of his in the late 80's at Queens College. His teachings still are fresh in my head and occasionally he comes to me in a dream (I actually did a search this morning after another random dream)...Always wanted to learn more from the master but I embrace what he shared...He will be remembered!
Samson Freundlich, QC '93
Prof Rosenfield was the best. I was lucky to encounter him an 1996 or so at Queens College. He changed the way I view the world. I knew him somewhat distantly until he died. Sorry I could not make it to Nebraska.
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