Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nina Etkin
A simple Google scholar search and a WorldCat library search reveal her articles to be often-cited and her books very widely held.  Definitely meets  on several counts, including winning the highest award from her professional association and chairing her department. Here's a nice newspaper feature if you want to know what she looked like, yes she died of cancer in January: http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/01/13/features/story01.html. I am surprised anyone would claim she is not notable as she meets so many different criteria
— User:Drawn, 03:15, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PROF (Wikipedia:Notability)