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MESA I R O M ES 146 2 I 2012 Barbara Regine Freyer Stowasser 1935-2012 BARBARA REGINE FREYER STOWASSER, A LEADING SCHOLAR IN THE FIELD of women in Islam and former president of MESA, passed away in Washington, D.C. on May 13, 2012. She was born on May 22,1935, in Leipzig Germany to Hans and Kaethe Freyer and studied at the University of Muenster, Germany under Hans Wehr, received her M.A.

in 1959 from UCLA under a Fulbright Fellowship, and her Ph.D. (magna cum laude) in 1961 from the University of Muenster, Germany. Dr. Stowasser was a member of the faculty at Georgetown University from 1966 to the present, where she was also holder of the Sultanate of Oman Chair in Arabic and Islamic Literature, a core member of the faculty of Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) and thrice director of the Center.

Two of her most prized accomplishments were the academic keynote address to the Turkish National Assembly Celebration of National Soverei BARBARA STOWASSER Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information BASY