I cannot express enough my sadness to hear this news. I cannot provide a simple summary of the many, many kindnesses Tom showed me over the years. When I was alowly grad student at my first MT gathering, he insisted i call him Tom--not Dr. Tenney. I shared hotel rooms with him and spent many hours with him in various cities swapping stories. I will share a story Tom repeated many times over the years. At one convention, I overheard the joke about the student who got so tired of a teacher talking about Yeats that he exclaimed "That guy is going to give me a Yeats infection!" I wrote the punchline down on a sheet to remember it and put it in my pocket. Sometime later, Tom spotted the paper and only saw the words "Yeats infection." He started laughing and warned me I might be alerting the world to something I might not want to signal . . . I have no idea how many times Tom told that anecdote. For years and years . . . Anyway, Tom's death is a loss on so many levels. We owe him so much. Dr. Wesley Britton www.spywise.net Co-host, Dave White Presents www.audioentertainment.org/dwp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Gribben" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:55 AM Subject: Re: Dr. Thomas A. Tenney > Dr. Thomas A. Tenney (1931-2012), best known for editing the MARK TWAIN > JOU= > RNAL but also recognized for his assistance to younger scholars, died > yeste= > rday at 3:45 p.m. of heart failure after a brief stay in a Charleston > hospi= > tal. > > Dr. Tenney received the John S. Tuckey Award from the Center for Mark > Twain= > Studies at Elmira College in 2005. He was the author of MARK TWAIN: A > RE= > FERENCE GUIDE (1977) and its various supplements, along with numerous > other= > publications. > > There will be a private family service at a later date, according to his > wi= > dow Margaret Tenney; no public funeral will be held. > > Before his death Dr. Tenney made arrangements for the continuation of the > M= > ARK TWAIN JOURNAL. > > Sincerely, > Alan Gribben= > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1416 / Virus Database: 2109/4781 - Release Date: 02/02/12 >