Statement on the passing of Professor Tom Garvin

29.10.2024

NUI were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Tom Garvin, emeritus professor of politics at University College Dublin. His 41-year tenure at the university played a formative role in the academic and intellectual journeys of countless students and colleagues.

Dr Maurice Manning, former Chancellor of NUI, was a longtime colleague of Professor Garvin. He described him as “a much-loved colleague who played a major role in the development of political science in Ireland. He was a scholar of depth and imagination and a vivid teacher with a strong sense of personal concern for his students. He was a man of intellectual range and great curiosity, iconoclastic and fearless and always convivial company. It was a privilege to have been a friend and to have worked so closely with him.”

 

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