Linda López McAlister

Linda López McAlister (October 10, 1939 – November 9, 2021) was an American philosopher and academic. She earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from Cornell University and worked as a Senior Fulbright Researcher at the University of Würzburg, where she helped organize the first meeting of female philosophers in Germany, leading to the establishment of the International Association of Women Philosophers. She taught at Brooklyn College and San Diego State University before serving as dean and administrator in the State University System of Florida. Returning to the University of South Florida (USF), she taught philosophy and women's studies and chaired the department before retiring as professor emerita in 1999. McAlister was an editor of Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, translated works by Franz Brentano, and edited Ludwig Wittgenstein's Remarks on Colour. She was named Distinguished Woman Philosopher of the Year by the Society for Women in Philosophy in 1998. Additionally, she was a radio film critic and founded a theatrical company. She married Sharon Bode in 2008 and died in Albuquerque in 2021.