Enrique de la Garza Toledo passed away on February 24, 2021 at the age of 74. He held a PhD in sociology from the Colegio de Mexico and was a professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, a researcher emeritus of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, and a member of the Academia Mexicana de Ciencias. He is credited (as a sole or joint author) with more than 40 books, 100 academic articles, as well as numerous chapters and academic and nonacademic presentations on the topics of industrial relations, labor processes, workers’ organization and unions, transnational companies, and social methodology and theory.
Bob Herman, Pomona College Emeritus Professor of Sociology and expert on urban issues who wrote a definitive Downtown Los Angeles walking guide, died of complications following a recent fall. He was 92. Herman taught sociology at Pomona College for four decades. He loved teaching, served for many years as the chairperson of the sociology department, and was well known among fellow faculty for his warm collegiality. Herman was passionate about mentoring students, and he was honored with the Wig Award for excellence in teaching in 1991.
