Irvin (Irv) Hurwitz, C’81, the former director of development at Penn, died on June 28.

Mr. Hurwitz attended Penn as an undergraduate from 1977 to 1981, majoring in political science and sociology (and serving as a student on the University Council Committee for Recreation & Intercollegiate Athletics). Three years later, he graduated from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law with a JD. From the next few years, he worked as an attorney at Philadelphia-area law firms McBride & Murphy and Cutler, Kraut & Harris before rejoining Penn in 1988 as the associate director of development. He remained at Penn for over a decade, spearheading the Campaign for Penn from 1991 to 1995 and serving as director of regional major gifts until 1999. That year, the Perelman School of Medicine hired Mr. Hurwitz as its director of alumni development, position he held for three years. In 2002, he became the assistant dean for development and alumni affairs at Temple University School of Medicine. Afterwards, he held positions at the National Museum of American Jewish History, the University of Delaware, and consulting firm Schultz & Williams, before becoming a freelance development consultant in 2021.

Mr. Hurwitz is survived by his wife, Janet (nee Leight); his children, Samuel (Kathryn) and Rachel Hurwitz; his mother, Anita (the late Alfred) Hurwitz; and his sister, Fran Hurwitz. Services and interment were private. 

Contributions in his memory may be made to Abramson Cancer Center; Congregation Or Shalom; or a charity of the donor’s choice.