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WILLIAM J. BRISK JD Ph.D. obituary, Newton, MA

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WILLIAM BRISK Obituary

BRISK, William J. JD PhD Of Chestnut Hill, on May 13, 2025. He is mourned by his wife of 60 years, Maria Estela Brisk; his daughter, Angélica Allende Brisk and son-in-law, George Scott; his grandchildren, Alejandra, Isabela and Noah and their spouses; his sister, Lynn Rogan; stepsiblings, Ronnie Millman and David Pearlman; his cousins, Richard and Hazel; his nephew and tennis partner, Alejandro Allende; and many other in-laws in Argentina who called him "Tío Bill." His family will sit Shiva at his late residence on Sunday, May 18, from 3-6 PM and Monday, May 19, from 3-6 PM. In lieu of flowers, please consider making donations in his name to institutions he cared about: Brown University, https://alumni-friends.brown.edu/giving University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Professor Maria Estela Brisk's Scholarship for Bilingual Education Teachers (610771), https://www.unmfund.org Newton at Home, donate online or send a check to 206 Waltham Street, West Newton, MA 02465, https://newton.helpfulvillage.com/fundraising_campaigns/1-general-fund or Care Dimensions, donate online or send a check to 75 Sylvan St., Suite B-102, Danvers, MA 01923, https://www.caredimensions.org/support-our-mission/ways-to-give For full obituary or to share a memory with Bill's family, visit www.eatonandmackay.com

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Published by Boston Globe from May 14 to May 16, 2025.

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Ruth Seidman

May 19, 2025

Maria, Please accept my warmest condolences. I appreciate all that Bill did for the Brown University and our Class of 1960 over the years. My thoughts are with you at this time. Ruth

Evangeline Despina Harris Stefanakis

May 16, 2025

Dear Maria
Bill will always be in our heart as an amazing storyteller and a person who loves adventures ?
His intellectual curiosity has taught us life lessons!
May his memory be eternal
Evangeline

Charles and Martha

May 16, 2025

Not only do I well remember Bill´s larger-than-life personality as a classmate at Brown, where our paths often crossed later at Brown reunions and fund-raising events, but it was during Bill´s tenure as director of the Pan American Society in Boston that I met Martha Montero, a colleague of Maria´s at BU, who has been my life´s partner for the last 45 years. Bill´s immersion into Latin American family life very much mirrors our own and we extend our sincere condolences to all his family, especially to Maria. Bill lived an extraordinary and varied life and leaves many memories with all he touched. Hasta pronto, Tio Bill.

Charles and Martha Montero Sieburth
Naarden, Netherlands

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May

18

Visitation

3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

MA

May

19

Shiva

3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

MA

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465 Centre St, Newton, MA 02458

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