In Memoriam: Meredith Parsons Lillich (1932-2026)

It is with sorrow that we announce the passing of Meredith Parsons Lillich, on March 19, 2026. Meredith Lillich (Ph.D. Columbia (1969) was professor emerita at Syracuse University, where she taught for forty years. She was a beloved member of the Corpus Vitrearum USA and scholar of medieval stained glass. She authored Stained Glass Before 1700 in Upstate New York (2004), Corpus Vitrearum USA-Pt. II/1. Her publications on French medieval stained glass include The Gothic Stained Glass of Reims Cathedral (2011); The Queen of Sicily and Gothic Stained Glass in Mussy and Tonnere (1998); The Armor of Light: Stained Glass in Western France 1250-1325 (1994); Rainbow Like an Emerald: Stained Glass in Lorraine in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries (1991); The Stained Glass of Saint-Pere de Chartres (1978), and numerous ground-breaking articles.