Dean Stoddard Worth, a resident of Moravian Manor, has died after a long illness. Dr. Worth moved to Lititz in 2012, after retiring from UCLA, where he was a Professor of Slavic Languages for many years. Born in Brooklyn in 1927, he spent most of his early life in New England, attending the Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth College (B.A. 1949), and Harvard University (Ph.D. 1957). He also earned a certificate from the School of Oriental Languages of the Sorbonne, where he began his study of Russian. Best known for his scholarship in areas related to the Russian language, including its structure, history, and literary tradition, his earliest publications also presented ground-breaking research on one of the indigenous languages of northeastern Siberia. In addition to publishing several hundred original scholarly articles, he also promoted colleagues' work as a journal editor and through conferences. He was one of the earliest American scholars to visit Russia during the post-Stalin era and he promoted international scholarly exchange, both by inviting Russian visitors to his department at UCLA and into his home, and through his chairmanship of the International Committee of Slavists. He developed warm relationships especially with Czech scholars, some of whom he aided in various ways after the Soviet invasion of 1968. He was respected by his students and won many fellowships and awards both for his scholarship and also for his extensive service to his university and profession. He was known for his hospitality, his resourcefulness, and his unfailing courtesy, generosity, decency, and fairness. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed introducing foreign visitors to the wonders of the California deserts and mountains. He is survived by his wife Emily, his niece Christine, two nephews, Bruce and Gregory, and their spouses. As he wished, his cremated remains will be interred in his family burial plot in Plymouth, Massachusetts, at the convenience of his family.