[ARETE] Dennis Gildea

[Ron Smith]

Dick Crepeau's "kindness that lay beneath his cynicism" is perfect. That's the combination I will miss most in Dennis Gildea. He would growl (and maybe even blush) is you said that out loud in his presence. 
Ron Smith


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From: richard crepeau via Sport_literature_association <sport_literature_association at lists.ku.edu>
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 #yiv5901992481 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}I don't remember when I first met Dennis but I know it was long ago,  I usually saw Dennis twice a year, at NASSH and SLA. At each of these conferences I always checked the program to see if he was going to be there and if he was delivering a paper. Despite the fact that he hated baseball, which I love, Dennis and I became friends. We talked, often at length, during these conferences. He was a very good analyst of the academic landscape and often made searing observations about the state of higher education and the state of our disciplines. I don't think I ever missed any of his presentations and I would always ask him when he was going to do something other than Clair Bee, but I never missed a chance to hear his conference presentations because they were always about more than Bee and more than sport. 

Dennis was also a kind person, and his kindness that lay beneath his cynicism was the thing I will remember most about him. When i read the email that came last night it was like being hit in gut. I will miss him and his humor and intelligence that were always a part of his scholarship. What a wonderful person. 

Time is the enemy.

Dick Crepeau
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