Thanks also for posting this. I enjoyed again watching the video of several scholars interviewed at Elmira, including Dr. Budd after I read it. What a career! And how remarkable that he touched so many other Mark Twain scholars as mentor. A grand old man, indeed. Arianne Laidlaw On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Kevin J. Bochynski <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Mark Twain Forum members will find the following brief profile of Louis J. > Budd of great interest. It was written by Barbara Schmidt in 2007, in > collaboration with Dr. Budd, for an on-line database of contemporary > authors > and is posted with her permission. > > Kevin B. > > > ~~~~~58 >