In Memoriam:

Jacob Hiatt, a local philanthropist, long-time trustee and devoted friend of the College died Sunday at his home in Worcester. Husband of the late Frances (Lavine) Hiatt, he was the father of two daughters: Myra Kraft, wife of Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, and Janice Hiatt. Hiatt is the founder of Rand-Whitney, a major packaging company. His contributions to the College of the Holy Cross include:

Dinand Library's Frances and Jacob Hiatt Holocaust Collection In memory of his parents who died in the Holocaust, Hiatt and his wife endowed a wing of Dinand Library devoted to Holocaust studies in 1979. See the commemorative plaque to the memory of Joshua and Leah Hiatt and all the victims of the Holocaust.

The Kraft-Hiatt Fund This fund is endowed through gifts to Holy Cross and Brandeis University (Waltham, Mass.) from Hiatt and his daughter and son-in-law, Myra and Robert Kraft. The goal of the fund is to encourage greater understanding between Christians and Jews. Hiatt also founded a chair in Jewish studies at Holy Cross and a chair in Christian studies at Brandeis. Professor Alan Avery-Peck, chair of the religious studies department, is currently the Kraft-Hiatt Distinguished Professor of Judaic Studies at the College.

Recent Holy Cross events that were sponsored by the Kraft-Hiatt Fund include lectures by Norman Podhoretz and Rabbi Norman Cohen '72.

Hiatt was a close friend of Holy Cross' Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., and knew him for more than 30 years. Read the address delivered by Fr. Brooks at the Isaiah Thomas Award Dinner in 1985, honoring Jacob Hiatt. Also, read Fr. Brooks' remarks at Hiatt's funeral.

In 1973, Hiatt received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Holy Cross.