Thank you Vic (Fischer).

I will print and snail-mail our messages to Mrs. Doyno on Friday.

If anyone else would like their memories of Vic to be included, please
post to TWAIN-L before Friday (or send to me privately if you prefer).

Thank you + hope you have a great day,
Taylor


On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Victor A. FISCHER
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Vic Doyno's wife, Ellen, survives him, and I'm sure she would appreciate
> hearing from anyone who wishes to write to her about Vic. The address is
>
> Ellen Doyno
> 80 Meadowbrook Road
> Williamsville, NY 14221-5029
>
> The obituary in the Buffalo News mentions the other survivors, including
> "two sons, Dave and Ken; a daughter, Anna Tague; a brother, Robin; and nine
> grandchildren."
>
> Vic Fischer
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I'm very sorry to hear this, and would also like to know the names of loved
>> ones, who might be comforted by these poignant and heartfelt memories, and
>> the grateful spirit in which they are being recorded here.
>>
>> Generosity, humility, wisdom -- all to which I concur.  Also a witty and
>> sociable guy, the kind we all aspire to be, I hope; or as Larry put it, the
>> kind of guy that drew so many of us to this field in the first place.  Put
>> most simply, Vic will be missed. --Hal B.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Gregg Camfield <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Vic was one of the most generous of Twain scholars.   I didn't know that
>> > wh=
>> > en I first met him at MLA in 1993.  We were both going from one session
>> to
>> > =
>> > another; I didn't know him from Adam, but he knew me by name.  When saw
>> my
>> > =
>> > name badge as we were passing, he stopped, quickly introduced himself,
>> and
>> > =
>> > then said, rather abrubtly, "I'm reviewing your book for the University
>> of
>> > =
>> > Pennsylvania Press."  After that he moved on.  The remark seemed cryptic
>> > an=
>> > d therefore worried me.  Indeed, as an untenured assistant professor
>> > needin=
>> > g that first book, I was more than worried.   But I was greatly relieved
>> > wh=
>> > en, several hours later he found me and said, "I'm so sorry; I've been
>> > worr=
>> > ied that my comment might have given you the wrong impression.  I really
>> > li=
>> > ke your book!  I hope I didn't cause you any undue consternation!"  It
>> > turn=
>> > s out he had been searching for me for those several hours, greatly
>> > worried=
>> >  about the impact he may have had on me. He said he just caught sight of
>> > my=
>> >  name tag and had to introduce himself, but almost immediately realized
>> > tha=
>> > t the introduction needed more time.  He told me he tried to turn back to
>> > c=
>> > atch me right away, but lost me in the crowd.  I think he made himself
>> > more=
>> >  anxious than he made me! =20
>> >
>> > At any rate, that began what was to be a very enjoyable friendship.  He
>> > wen=
>> > t out of his way to mentor me, as I know he went out of his way to mentor
>> > m=
>> > any young scholars.  He was conspicuous for his interest in us not just
>> as
>> > =
>> > scholars, but also as teachers and as human beings.  For him, scholarship
>> > s=
>> > erved as a way to cultivate wisdom, and it certainly worked in his case.
>> > G=
>> > iven how sorely we need wisdom and generosity, our collective loss is, I
>> > be=
>> > lieve, incalculable.
>> >
>> > Gregg
>> >
>> > Prof. Harold K. Bush
>> Professor of English
>> 3800 Lindell
>> Saint Louis University
>> St. Louis, MO  63108
>> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
>> <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>
>>