There was a professor from TroyWho said, “I’m no longer a boy.”So he played some PucciniAnd drank a martini—“I’m eighty, so why not enjoy?”
And below, to enrich your 80th year, are some moments of enjoyment from earlier years:
Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, “Frat party,” 1983.
With Steve and Carolyn.
ISHR, Göttingen, 1989.
With Greg, Carolyn, Grant Boswell, Louie Ulman, Bob King, Mike Leff, Win Horner, Bob Connors, Mary Garrett, and Mary Ellen.
At the 4Cs retirement encomium dinner, Russian Tea Time, Chicago 2002.
With Dale (back to camera), Russel Hirst, and Cindy Haller.
Speaking of the encomium, here it is. Our finest moment, in my opinion.
Panel at your retirement celebration, 2003.
Dale, Carolyn, Randy, Jerry, and Greg.
I think you were enjoying your retirement celebration.
After the NCA panel celebrating your retirement, Chicago 2004.
With (front row) Randy, Carolyn, Steve, (back row) Jerry, Greg, Jerry Hauser, Liz, Dale, and Mike.
RPI group aboard Hudson River dinner cruise, RSA Institute, 2007.
With (front row) Katya Haskins, Jan Fernheimer, Jennifer, (back row) Liz, Steve, Carolyn, Mike, and Greg. Who looks goofiest?
Reflection in “Cloud Gate” sculpture, Grant Park, Chicago, NCA 2007.
With Carolyn.
Dinner at RSA Seattle, 2008.
With Jim Zappen, Karlyn Campbell, Carolyn, and Jerry.
Dinner at RSA Minneapolis, 2018.
With Jerry, Mike, Randy (obscured), Scott Segee, Liz, Beth Britt, Steve, and Dale.
“Ut ager quamvis fertilis sine cultura fructuosus esse non potest, sic sine doctrina animus.” (Just as a field however fertile can yield no fruit without cultivation, so neither can the mind without education.)
Cicero, Tusculan Disputations II.5A