Many thanks, Terry, for your touching report.
All the best,
Rick
Frederick Paul Walter
Albuquerque, New Mexico
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Harpold" <tharpold~at~ufl.edu>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Cc: "Terry Harpold" <tharpold~at~machin-truc.com>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 9:23 AM
Subject: Walter James Miller celebration, 3 March 2011
> Dear colleagues,
>
> It was my privilege to attend last night's celebration of the life and
> career of our late colleague Walter James Miller, held at New York
> University, where Walter taught for five decades. The celebration --
> speakers insisted that the event was a celebration, not a memorial
> service -- was attended by about 200 family members, colleagues, former
> students, and friends of Walter. Moving testimonials of his teaching,
> scholarship, poetry, and passion for social justice were given by family,
> friends, and colleagues. It was a marvelous gathering, evidence of a life
> well and truly lived.
>
> Mobilis in mobile,
>
> TH
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Terry Harpold
> Associate Professor
> Dept. of English, University of Florida
> <http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/tharpold/>
>
> "Have you noticed my pink brains? You can see 'em work."
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