Charlotte Frick

January 23, 1944 - May 14, 2004

Dr. Charlotte Ann Frick, of 910 Riverside Drive, New York City, died May 14, 2004, in Cabrini Hospice, New York City.

Dr. Frick was born Jan. 23, 1944, in Kewanee, daughter of Charles W. and Lela F. Hall Frick.

She attended Augustana College and graduated with a B.A. in English language and literature from City College of the City University of New York, where she also earned an M.A. in English language and literature and an M.A. in creative writing. She earned her Ph.D. in English language and literature from Somerset University in England.

She was director of student activities and assistant to the vice president for student affairs at the Graduate School and University Centre of the City University of New York. She also taught creative writing and English at Queens College, Rutgers University, Cornell University, Baruch College and Marymount Manhattan College. Her publications include her book the ``Cognitive Turn: The Interdisciplinary Story of Thought in Western Culture,'' poetry, news articles, papers, interviews and manuals. Her three books of poetry, The Love Poem Trilogy: ``Love Air,'' ``Poems of Reflection'' and ``Secret Hearts,'' were published in 2000.

Dr. Frick was listed in Who's Who Among Professional and Executive Women, Two Thousand Notable American Women and the International Who's Who of Intellectuals. She received numerous awards, including Queens College Teaching Internship, a woman of the year award (1990-92), the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Honorary Fellow (1990-92), and a woman of the decade award (1992). She was a Fulbright Adviser for the U.S. Department of Education and honorary adviser of the British University Summer School Program. She maintained associations with the Frick Collection, the National Museum of the American Indian -- Smithsonian, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the American Federation of Teachers, the American Association of University Women, the U.S. Holocaust Memorials Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the League of Conservation Voters, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP and Amnesty International.

Survivors (and spouses) include her mother, Lela F. Taylor, Rock Island; brothers, Charles P. (Sara) Frick, Galesburg, and James W. Taylor, Moline; niece, Kimberly (Gary) Holmes, Rushville, Illinois; two nephews, Kevin (Mary) Frick, Nekoosa, Wis., and Kenton Frick, Madison, Wisconsin; great-niece and three great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her father and stepfather, Richard E. Taylor.