Norma Wynick Goldman (March 30, 1922 – October 1, 2011) was an American

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scholar, author, professor at

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

, and president of the Detroit Classical Association. Her works include textbooks of the

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as well as studies of Roman lamps, the architecture of the

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in Rome, and Roman costumes.

Life and career

Norma Wynick was born in

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on March 30, 1922, and moved with her family to

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as a teenager. She began her undergraduate studies at Wayne University (now

) in 1939, graduated in 1944 with both bachelor's and master's degrees, as well as a teaching certificate, and in the same year married art historian Bernard Goldman. After completing her doctorate, she taught in the Greek and Latin department at Wayne State University until 1993, when instead of retiring she moved to the Department of Interdependency. With Edith Kovach, she founded the Detroit Classical Association in 1957. In 2003 she founded the Society of Active Retirees with the goal of encouraging retired people to return to the classroom. She died of a heart attack while battling cancer on October 1, 2011, in Fountain Hills, Arizona.

Works

Goldman was the author, co-author, or editor of: *''Latin Via Ovid'' (with Jacob Nyenhius, 1977) *''English Grammar for Students of Latin: The Study Guide for Those Learning Latin'' (with Ladislas Szymanski, 1983) *''Practice! PractiSusan M. Hopkinsce!: A Latin Via Ovid Workbook'' (with Michael Rossi, 1993) *''Cosa: The Lamps'' (with Cleo Rickman Fitch, 1994) Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, no. 39. Ann Arbor (Mich.): University of Michigan Press, 1994. *''New Light from Ancient Cosa: Classical Mediterranean Studies in Honor of Cleo Rickman Fitch'' (edited, 2001) New York: Lang, 2001. *''The Janus View From the American Academy in Rome: Essays on the Janiculum'' (edited with Katherine Geffcken, 2007) . New York: The American Academy of Rome, 2007. *''My Dura-Europos: the Letters of Susan M. Hopkins'' (edited with Bernard Goldman, 2011) * Goldman, Norma Wynick, ed. ''New Light from Ancient Cosa: Classical Mediterranean Studies''. New York: Lang, 2001.

References

She was also featured on the BBC television program ''Nova'' in 1995 for her attempts to re-create Roman concrete and the awning of the

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, and in 1993 she produced a one-hour video on Roman costuming.

Recognition

Wayne State University gave Goldman their distinguished alumni award in 1985. The Classical Association of the Middle West and South gave her their Ovatio award in 1988, and the

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gave her their Merita award in 2006.

References

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