To: The Baruch Community

From: Elena M. Martínez
        Professor of Spanish
        Baruch College and Graduate Center
       Chair, Modern Languages and Comparative Literature

With great sadness, on behalf of the department of modern languages and
comparative literature I would like to share with you the news that Dr. Scott Bryson, a
professor of French at Baruch and the CUNY Graduate Center,  has passed away
after a long struggle with cancer.

Professor Bryson came to Baruch in 1989. He received his Ph.D. from the
University of California at Berkeley. Since his arrival at Baruch, Scott
established a solid reputation as a brilliant scholar, a devoted teacher,
and one of the most unselfish and reliable members of the Baruch College
community.

Scott's research centered on eighteenth-century French drama. Among his
publications is The Chastised Stage: Bourgeois Drama and the Exercise of
Power, a book that influenced French cultural studies and the research on
the Pre-revolutionary period. His intelligent and keen literary and
cultural analysis brought him distinction and a solid name in his field.

In addition to his excellent scholarship, Scott was admired and respected
for his passion for teaching and zeal to the department, the WSAS, and the
College. Highly respected by students and peers, Scott was one of the
finest teachers at Baruch and a fully committed member of the community who
understood the intrinsic relationship between scholarship and service. He
proudly and tirelessly served on the WSAS Curriculum Committee from 1992 to
2002, the WSAS Honors Committee and directed very important initiatives at
the departmental and the school level.

During his years at Baruch, Scott won the affection and respect of students
and faculty alike. He was one of the most collegial, warm, kind, and humane
individuals. To many of us  Scott was a beloved and loyal friend.

With his untimely death, Baruch has lost an intellectual of great
integrity, an invaluable and an exemplary member, and a dear friend.
Scott's professional life and his courageous and resilient struggle against
cancer are an inspiration to us all.