Name: Charlotte
E-mail address: charlottesmith119 [at] gmail [dot] com
Location: Paris, France

Comment (Tue Jan 23, 2007):
I send my sincere condolences for the entire family! Oliver was a great man, and we had many
intellectual conversation that I will always remember. He had he ability to look at us all through
Rose colored classes. He will never be forgotten.


He is in my prayers!
Charlotte from Paris

Name: Ruth Beesch
E-mail address: rbeesch [at] thejm [dot] org
Location: The Jewish Museum

Comment (Mon Jan 22, 2007):
On behalf of the staff of The Jewish Museum I wish to share our profound shock and sadness upon
learning that Oliver passed away. Many of us enjoyed working with Oliver. He had a great sense of
humor, a wonderful eye for design, graphics and framing and was always ready to help us on projects,
sometimes even with very short notice. Many of us also knew him as a kind and caring friend outside
the workplace. He will be greatly missed.
Ruth Beesch
Deputy Director for Program

Name: DERUNES Isabelle et Bruno
E-mail address: bruno.derunes [at] free [dot] fr
Location: Redon, France

Comment (Mon Jan 22, 2007):
We were deeply moved at the news of Oliver's death. Since the day we met, we've always
thought he was a great man. He had such an eventful and interesting life and he was so simple when
he talked about it. We shared good moments with him in Redon and in NYC and we'll remember this
good friend for long.
Love to Marcia,
Isabelle & Bruno

Name: Ian Dreiblatt
E-mail address: iandreiblatt [at] yahoo [dot] com
Location: svjet

Comment (Mon Jan 22, 2007):
Ovie, his warm house, wonderful family full of wonder, his warm smart language like a solvent, frank
heart.

Here was a man who cld sass back at the waiter. Most droll people become tiresome, here was a man
who, like salt, seemed to go into everything. And a coal miner!

The man was a finder of light. The man was a finder of musics, secret restaurants, escapeways,
built-over clerestories, low warm resonances, and of, when this hot winter got too suddenly cold, as
Bob said, and Marcia, at last, out.

Name: Tracy Adler
E-mail address: tadler [at] hunter [dot] cuny [dot] edu
Location: New York City

Comment (Mon Jan 22, 2007):
Oliver and I lost touch in the past couple of years so I was surprised and deeply saddened when I
heard of his passing. I always assumed that we would see each other and reconnect in the usual New
York way. Oliver was one of those people who every time you talked with him, you found out something
completely new about him. He had a million lives and was so knowledgable about so many things. When
I first met Oliver, I was working at the Jewish Museum and Oliver and I clicked right away. He was
someone you could count on to do the job right, with affability, calm and humor. He really was a
great guy. You could ask him a question about anything art-related and be sure to get an
intelligent, informed answer. He and Marcia came to my wedding 4 years ago and they were welcome
guests. What an amazing guy and what a life...