Roberta H. Lubetkin, who served as an editor of CWRU Magazine and director of the University's office of periodicals from 1988 to 2000, died in May of complications from cancer. She was 48 years old.

She had been working in the development department of University Hospitals of Cleveland at the time of her illness.

In the mid 1980s, Lubetkin worked as editor and managing editor for Northern Ohio Live. She was a technical editor and writer for the Dalton Newport architectural engineering and urban planning firm in the 1970s. Lubetkin also wrote grants for the Cleveland International Film Festival and directed public relations at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Lubetkin served as a free-lance copy editor and proofreader for Random House Books for Children, was a past trustee of the Ruffing Montessori School, a past member of the English and communications department's advisory board at Notre Dame College of Ohio and an Ohio Reads tutor.

She holds bachelor's and master's degrees from John Carroll University.

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