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...Comstock took over the presidency, the college embarked on an aggressive building campaign: Briggs Hall was dedicated in 1924; Longfellow Lecture Hall followed in 1930; Byerly Hall in 1932; and finally Cabot Hall...
...inmates in New York prisons. Kenny Steward, 32, ex-drug addict, spent 16 years in and out of jail cells as he progressed from parking-meter pilfering to armed robbery. Tito Goya, 22, The Family's composer, scaled his way through prison and music simultaneously. At 17 in Comstock, he learned piano and guitar; in two years at Auburn, he added bass and theory, and at Sing Sing, trumpet. Miguel Piñero, 27, is playwright-in-residence and author of most of Straight from the Ghetto and of Short Eyes. Ghetto street child, ex-burglar, and drug addict...
...Comstock took a life-long interest in the three institutions where she had worked and she is remembered in them all for her wisdom, leadership, courage and strength...
...Comstock was often asked to speak because of her unusually rich and persuasive voice. This gift was a great asset when she became the first president of the American Association of University Women. She served also as a member of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement and as a delegate to the Peking meeting of the Institute of Pacific Relations. All who were fortunate enough to work with her will remember her as the essence of integrity, devoted to truth and justice, a beloved companion with rare gifts of head and heart...
This obituary was written by Bernice B. Cronkhite, who served as Dean of Radcliffe College during the Comstock presidency...