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SLAVIN -- GERALD M. Age 82, of Albuquerque, passed away on July 27, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Connie; their three children, Marc Slavin of Oakland, CA and partner, Mark Heltemes, Adam Slavin of Albuquerque and wife, Paula, and Susanne Wooldridge of Colorado Springs, CO and husband, Greg; four grandchildren, Jason and Dalia Slavin, and Skylar and Parker Wooldridge; and sister, Helen Schneider of Berkeley, CA. Jerry was born in San Francisco, the second of four children, to Max Slavin and the former Sophie Goldman, both immigrants to the United States from Jewish villages in Russia. A lover of travel and languages, Jerry spent a year in Central and South America after he completed college at San Francisco State University. He later earned a masters degree in Spanish from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Latin American Studies from the University of New Mexico. Following military service, he married Constance Halter. They lived for three years in Curitiba, Brazil, where Jerry served as cultural attache at the U.S. consulate. He became Director of International Programs and Services at the University of New Mexico in 1965, a position he held until his retirement in 2000. Jerry was a Fulbright scholar and recipient of an honorary doctorate from John F. Kennedy University in Buenos Aires. He had a long standing involvement in the Partners of the Americas organization and the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors, served as president of the Association of International Education Administrators, and was a founder of the Albuquerque Sister Cities program. Memorial services will be held on Sunday, July 29, 2012, 12:00 p.m. at Congregation Albert, 3800 Louisiana Blvd. Interment will follow at Fairview Memorial Park NE. Please visit our online guest book for Gerald at: www.RememberTheirStory.com FRENCH 1111 University Blvd NE 505-843-6333
        Published on: Sun July 29, 2012