I received the following in my email moments ago:
Sister Marie Augusta Neal passed away on Wednesday, February 25, at the
age of 82. Sister Marie, who received her Ph.D. from Harvard in 1963,
was for many years the chair of the Sociology Department at Emmanuel
College in Boston. Among her numerous awards was the 1986 ASA
Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award. In addition to an
impressive record of scholarly work, she was known for her passion for
social justice. She inspired a number of people to work for justice,
including Kip Tiernan, founder of the Poor People's United Fund and of
Rosie's Place, a women's shelter in Boston, and anti-death penalty
activist Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking. For further
information, please contact Madeleine Cousineau (mcousineau@mountida.edu).