welsh white...

just wanted to put up this link to pitt's statement about professor white's passing.

i keep thinking about how grant and i would see prof. white in oakland during the summer walking to get his daily ice cream cone. like clockwork. every day. and the one time i saw him on the 2nd floor in the law school and i asked him how his summer was going. he said, "it's emily, right?" gasp! he knew my name! i was a schoolgirl with a crush. still am, i suppose.

if someone has contributed so much, can you really consider it a loss when that someone's body dies? yes, of course. i'm not so foolish as to rationalize this away. but it does make the grieving a bit more comforting.

i was in the last class that welsh white taught. he didn't teach this past semester, but he had a bunch of first years for crim pro last year. that bunch of first years = section B, class of 2007. my class, my section. how lucky!