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| | Robert William Avery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Robert William Avery, a retired Pitt professor of sociology who studied how organizations functioned and who mentored generations of foreign students, died March 25, 2003, of kidney and heart failure. |
 | | Avery joined the Pitt faculty with a joint appointment in the sociology department and the Administrative Science Center. |
 | | Avery is survived by his wife of 48 years, Mineko Sasahara Avery; a daughter, Robin Avery of Cleveland, and a son, Christopher Avery of Cambridge, Mass.; a sister, Marjorie Bakkila of Pittsburgh, and two grandchildren. |
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