She was invited to deliver the Zaharoff lectures in French studies at Oxford University last year. Fleischman earned her Ph.D. in romance philology, which is the history of the Romance languages, at Berkeley in 1975. She had received her master's degree in Spanish from Berkeley in 1971 and a bachelor's degree in Spanish from the University of Michigan in 1969. She is survived by her father, Edward Fleischman of San Diego. Graveside services were held at a Richmond cemetery Friday.
Memorial plans are pending.
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