Sherwin Burickson

Sherwin Burickson (1934-2004) psychologist, writer, and student of the ideas of G.I. Gurdjieff, was the first Jewish editor of the Catholic Encyclopedia, and the author of A Concise Dictionary of Contemporary History, published in 1959. The dictionary served during the interwar period as a guidebook for the CIA around the world.

survived two episodes of acute myelocytic leukemia. He finally died of colon cancer. He is survived by his wife Sue ( a painter http://reenactorportraits.com/) and two children Abraham( a poet http://www.gumballpoetry.com/poetry9910/burickson.html) and Lily.He is absence is noted.