Prof. Emeritus Milton J. Rosenberg, a longtime scholar at the University of Chicago and revered radio show host, died Jan. 9. He was 92.

Rosenberg studied social psychology, authored books on Vietnam and U.S. foreign relations, reviewed books for the Chicago Tribune, and taught four decades of students at UChicago.

His largest audience was the millions of listeners who tuned into his daily interview radio show Extension 720 on WGN, in which he hosted guests from Carl Sagan to Julia Child, Jimmy Carter to Gloria Steinem and discussed topics from baseball to world religions to Watergate. The show ran for nearly 40 years and garnered him admirers around the country for its intellectual and engaging tone; radio personality Ed Schwartz called him “the best wordsmith on the Chicago radio dial.”

Read the full article at UChicago News.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 19, 2018, 3:00pm, at the Joseph Bond Chapel on the University of Chicago campus. A reception will follow at the Quadrangle Club. To attend, please contact Joseph A. Morris at (312) 927-4680 or MDLRusuk@aol.com.