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Furman graduate, former faculty member, author remembered in Huffington Post
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After reeling off the many accomplishments of 1961 Furman University graduate (master’s) and former Furman faculty member (1960-62) Phyllis Tickle, author Jack Levison shares a remembrance on a more personal level. Tickle, founding editor of Publishers Weekly religion department and author of dozens of books, died Sept. 22 at her home near Memphis, Tenn. after a short battle with cancer. Read more in Levison’s tribute to Tickle, which appeared in the Huffington Post.