{"id":2090,"date":"2011-08-24T11:42:02","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T15:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/2011\/08\/24\/2090\/"},"modified":"2011-08-24T11:48:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T15:48:43","slug":"2090","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/2011\/08\/24\/2090\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memorium: James V. &#8220;Tim&#8221; Nicholson, Longtime Professor and Friend of the School of Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment2089\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment2089\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2089\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/files\/2011\/08\/Nicholson-300x130.jpg\" alt=\"Professor James V. \u201cTim\u201d Nicholson.  BU Photo Services.\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/files\/2011\/08\/Nicholson-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/files\/2011\/08\/Nicholson.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment2089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor James V. \u201cTim\u201d Nicholson.  BU Photo Services.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We are mourning the death of <strong>James V. \u201cTim\u201d Nicholson<\/strong>,  longtime faculty member and theatre artist.\u00a0 Professor Nicholson died of  pneumonia on August 9, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, at the age of  84.\u00a0 A memorial service was held at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place?q=1660+E.+Street+Road,+Kennett+Square,+PA&amp;hl=en&amp;ftid=0x89c6f9c793966e99:0x18f0407ad8648787\">Crosslands Nursing Home<\/a> on Saturday, August 20.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Nicholson was appointed to the School of Theatre faculty in 1957,  where he initially taught lighting design, stagecraft and theatre  practice. In 1970, he began teaching graduate directing and rehearsal  &amp; performance, became the primary advisor for all graduate students,  and assumed additional administrative duties. Professor Nicholson was promoted to  full professor with tenure in 1974 and, upon his retirement in 1989,  was named Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Characterized as a team  player and a talented theatre artist totally without ego, Nicholson was  held in great respect and affection by colleagues and students alike.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTim Nicholson was deeply devoted to the BU School of Theatre and  expressed great pride in his continued association with us after his  retirement,\u201d said Jim Petosa, Director of the School of Theatre. \u201c<strong>His  generosity was proof of his care, and his gentlemanly advice and  expressions of support were always welcome to hear and receive. He will  be greatly missed by our community.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are mourning the death of James V. \u201cTim\u201d Nicholson, longtime faculty member and theatre artist.\u00a0 Professor Nicholson died of pneumonia on August 9, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, at the age of 84.\u00a0 A memorial service was held at Crosslands Nursing Home on Saturday, August 20. Tim Nicholson was appointed to the School of Theatre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1682,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2090"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2094,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions\/2094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/bjuarez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}