[ARETE] Dennis Gildea

[Judith Hakola]

Like some of you, I first met Dennis through Ed Sims long, long ago (my
first SLA conference was in 1988 at Johnson City). But Dennis was not Ed
junior--he was a delightful person in his own right, and I enjoyed our
conversations (both with Ed and after Ed's passing) on lots of topics.
Dennis really understood the "con" in good conversations--not "con" in the
sense of against but rather "con" as in "with." It's clear from the many
messages posted here that both SLA as an organization and individual SLAers
have lost someone very special.

Best to all from the University of Maine,

Judy Hakola

P.S. Take good care of yourselves!


On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 3:48 PM Ron Smith via Sport_literature_association <
sport_literature_association at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: richard crepeau via Sport_literature_association <
> sport_literature_association at lists.ku.edu>
> To: ARETE <sport_literature_association at lists.ku.edu>
> Sent: Tue, May 5, 2020 12:29 pm
> Subject: [ARETE] Dennis Gildea
>
> 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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