LEE SIGELMAN

In: PS - political science & politics, Volume 43, Issue 3, p. 588-590

Abstract

On September 27, 2007, Lee Sigelman sent an e-mail message to a large number of coauthors, friends, and colleagues. The message began: "Friends: I'm sorry to burden you with the news that follows …" What followed was Lee's report that earlier in the day, he had received a diagnosis of stage IV colon cancer, that it had spread beyond the colon, and that he had six to twelve months (soon revised upward to almost two years) to live. For the next 27 months, Lee taught his colleagues and friends about how to approach both life and death.