Philosophy Professor Emeritus Passes Away
Professor Alphonso Lingis passed away on May 8, 2025 at the age of 92. He was a central figure in the Penn State Philosophy Department from the mid-60s until the early 2000s. He translated Merleau-Ponty and Levinas. Lingis published several books, the last of which is The Imperative (1998). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_Lingis