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> >>