SIM extends condolences to the family and friends of Boris Raymond who passed away on May 6, 2013. Dr. Raymond came to Dalhousie in 1974 and taught at SIM during his employ at Dal.

Raymond, Robert Boris, passed away comfortably and peacefully on Monday, May 6, 2013, in the Palliative Care Unit of the VG site, QEII, Halifax. Born in Harbin, China, December 18, 1925, he was the son of the late Dmitry and Olga (Ostroumoff) Romanoff.

After serving two years in the United States Army in Europe during World War II, he earned his Bachelor’s degree and two Master’s degrees from the University of California (Berkley) and received a PhD from the University of Chicago. He taught at Dalhousie University in the fields of sociology and library science from 1974 to his retirement in 1990 and was an honorary adjunct professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Science at Dalhousie University until June 2012.
He valued his Russian heritage and for many years immersed himself in the study of Russian history, particularly the period of the revolution and the civil war, 1917-1920 and the Russian Diaspora, 1917-1941, and published extensively on these topics.

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