03/24/2026
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Monroe E. Price, who laid the groundwork for CARGC and helped shape the thinking and scholarship of so many in our community. We are honored to carry his legacy forward and extend our heartfelt condolences to all who knew him.
The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania mourns the passing of Monroe E. Price, J.D., retired Professor of Communication and a towering figure in the field of international communication. He passed away at the age of 87 on March 16, 2026.
A legal scholar, a communication theorist, and an institution builder, Price built a career that defies any categorization. Over five decades, he left his mark on fields as varied as Native American law, freedom of expression, media reform, and cross-border communication in the global system.
Throughout his illustrious career, Price held faculty positions at the Annenberg School, the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law. He was dean of the Cardozo School of Law from 1982 to 1991 and founded the Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media and Society at the Cardozo School.
Price joined Annenberg in 2004, and over the next sixteen years, he shaped the school’s engagement with the world in a lasting way. In 2006, he founded the Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS), a center designed to bring together students, academics, lawyers, regulators, civil society representatives, and others working in the media sector the opportunity to evaluate critically and discuss comparative, global, and international communications issues. The center drew on law, political science, and international relations to explore public policy issues and how media and globalization were reshaping the nature of states and public life.
Those who knew Price, remember him as a kind, open-hearted, and deeply curious person. He approached every person he met with genuine interest and warmth, and even brief encounters often grew into lasting connections. His generosity of spirit matched his intellectual seriousness, and both will be deeply missed.
The Annenberg community extends its deepest condolences to his wife, Aimée Brown Price, his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
Read more about his life at the link in our bio.
