Huntington, C.
| English Phonetics | C.W. "Sandy" Huntington |
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| Sort Name | Huntington, C. |
| Birth: | 1949 |
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| Death: | 2020 |
| Place of birth: | East Lansing, Michigan, USA |
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- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- Hartwick College
Biographical Information
We are very sad to announce the peaceful passing on Sunday, July 19th, 2020, of C. W. “Sandy” Huntington, Jr., following a six-month struggle with pancreatic cancer..... Under the guidance of Luis Gómez, he focused on Buddhist Studies and earned his PhD. As part of his graduate training, Sandy studied Sanskrit with Madhav Deshpande, and later spent four years living in India (1976–79), where he continued his Sanskrit studies with the pandits Ambika Datta Upadhyaya and Ram Shankar Tripathi and also studied Hindi and Tibetan. Sandy would return to India, especially Banaras, many times during his life; for him it was a second home. He spent one notable summer in the mountains of Mussoorie, translating Candrakīrti’s Madhyamakāvatāra with Geshé Namgyal Wangchen. This translation, along with his extensive commentary, was later published as The Emptiness of Emptiness (Hawaii UP, 1989), which remains a seminal text for students of Buddhist philosophy.
Sandy first taught at Antioch University’s Buddhist Studies in India Program, then at the University of Michigan and Denison College, before joining the faculty at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. There he guided undergraduates in religious studies for more than two decades and became a much loved professor, receiving both the Margaret L. Bunn Award for Excellence in Teaching (2004) and the Teacher/Scholar Award (2019).
(Source: H-Buddhism and Wisdom Publications Obituary)
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