In Remembrance

Throughout all of my education-high school, university and college-  I have only had a few outstanding professors that have inspired me. Mr. Paul Attallah was one of those few. 

Teaching me Introduction to Mass Communications and a fourth-year seminar on Semiotics, Attallah could captivate me while discussing the history of mass media or theorizing about its effect.

“He was my absolute favourite, ” says Mass Communications gradate Rosalee Gunraj. “I never had to study for his class – he was that enthralling.

I have written to before about my love for Carleton University and the Mass Communications program and Attallah was one of the reasons. Dr. Attallah joined the School’s Communication Program in 1987 and he served as the head of the School’s Mass Communication Program from 1991-2005.

He is the true definition of an amazing public speaker and it saddens me to write to you about his passing on Jan 9. 2009.

“Paul remained the amazing teacher he was to the last, astonishing his friends with his insights and reflections until the very end, ” says Michael Dorland, his colleague and friend of 16 years. “ His death leaves many saddened friends who were privileged to have known and worked with him.”

With this, thank you Mr. Attallah for your inspiration throughout my time at Carleton it truly meant a lot.