• Professor Arthur Siegel

Professor Emeritus Arthur Siegel of the Communication Studies Program in York’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) died on Wednesday, April 7, in Toronto.

At a memorial service at York University for Professor Emeritus Arthur Siegel, who passed away last month, the moving eulogies presented by colleagues and friends all focused on his caring nature, fun-loving personality, critical intellect and important accomplishments, wrote the Jewish Tribune May 17.

A leading scholar in the field of politics and media communications policy in Canada, Siegel taught at York for 34 years. He was instrumental in shaping the University’s Communication Studies Program, which has grown to become a full-fledged department in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies.