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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE LIFE OF FRANKLIN R. SAFFORD
WHEREAS, Franklin R. Safford, 87, known to family, friends, and colleagues as Pancho, served as Chair of the Northwestern History Department from 1986-89 and again from 1992-94. He was also the Associate Dean for the Social Sciences from 1994-98 and 2001-2002 and Director of International Studies from 2002-06. He died June 16, 2022 in Evanston, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Pancho married his beloved wife, Joan Bainbridge, in 1959. They raised their two sons, Mark and Joshua, in Evanston, where they found a caring, engaged group of friends and neighbors that they were involved with on many issues that improved the life of all; and
WHEREAS, Pancho avidly supported his performing artist children and shared responsibility raising them when his wife's legal career with the United States Department of Justice blossomed; and
WHEREAS, he was a partner to his wife and children as well as to his students and colleagues in encouraging their growth and success in any endeavor; and
WHEREAS, his leadership at Northwestern and his community participation in Evanston has led to many people being inspired to give back to the Cook County community their talents to enhance our society; and
WHEREAS, "While Pancho loved research and scholarship, and was highly respected in his field" his wife Joan said, "his joy was in empowering and mentoring his students and young colleagues. They became emboldened by his enthusiasm, supportive criticism and humor." The esteem of his colleagues was acknowledged when he was selected to serve the History Department and University in multiple capacities; and
WHEREAS, Pancho was born in El Paso, Texas, June 4, 1935 and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College in 1957. He received his MA (1958) and PhD (1963) from Columbia University; and
WHEREAS, after two years of doctoral research in Colombia, in 1962, he joined the faculty of Dartmouth College as an Instruc...
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