(BCN) — A widely known 77-year-old College of California, Berkeley sociology professor was killed in a hit-and-run collision whereas crossing the road close to Oakland’s Lake Merritt on Monday. Police stated retired professor Michael Burawoy was in a marked crosswalk at Grand Avenue and Park View Terrace within the Adams Level neighborhood simply earlier than 7:15 p.m. when he was hit by a automobile headed west on Grand Avenue.
The driving force fled after the collision, police stated. Paramedics responded to the scene and took Burawoy to a hospital, the place he was pronounced useless.
No different particulars have been launched by police. Upon studying of his dying, mates, former college students, colleagues and admirers went on-line to share recollections and mourn the beloved sociologist.
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Burawoy “dedicated 47 years of his life to Berkeley, contributing immeasurably to the discipline, transforming the fields of labor, ethnography and theory,” based on a social media submit by Raka Ray, dean of UC Berkeley’s Division of Social Sciences.
Ray stated Burawoy was previous president of the American Sociological Affiliation and the Worldwide Sociological Affiliation, the creator of many scholarly books and a mentor and inspiration to hundreds of scholars whose lives he modified along with his “fierce intellect and kindness.”
“This is a tremendous loss for me personally, to our Social Sciences community, UC Berkeley, and to sociologists worldwide,” Ray stated.
Anybody with details about the hit-and-run can name the Oakland Police Division Visitors Investigation Unit at (510) 777-8570. Individuals can ship movies and photographs to [email protected].
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