Martin Ostwald
As some of you may have heard, Martin Ostwald passed away last week. The Wiki has a pretty interesting article on him, passed on to me by one of his distant cousins (also a professor and colleague of mine here):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Ostwald
I didn't know Professor Ostwald, although I've read more than a few of his academic articles. It's hard to be a Hellenist and NOT have read something by him or be familiar with his scholarship. But I did meet him once. He was the chair of a panel where I presented my very first paper. It was actually a co-presentation with Gene Borza, and was (much) later published as "Some New Thoughts on the Death of Alexander the Great," AncW 31.1 (2000) 1-9.
What I do recall of Professor Ostwald on that occasion was his friendliness and kindness to a very nervous grad student. When I was introduced to him by Gene, he greeted me as a young colleague, and wasn't at all condescending or impatient.
Good Thoughts, Elder Ostwald. May your road in the next life be peaceful, but also interesting, as I think you would hate to be bored.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Ostwald
I didn't know Professor Ostwald, although I've read more than a few of his academic articles. It's hard to be a Hellenist and NOT have read something by him or be familiar with his scholarship. But I did meet him once. He was the chair of a panel where I presented my very first paper. It was actually a co-presentation with Gene Borza, and was (much) later published as "Some New Thoughts on the Death of Alexander the Great," AncW 31.1 (2000) 1-9.
What I do recall of Professor Ostwald on that occasion was his friendliness and kindness to a very nervous grad student. When I was introduced to him by Gene, he greeted me as a young colleague, and wasn't at all condescending or impatient.
Good Thoughts, Elder Ostwald. May your road in the next life be peaceful, but also interesting, as I think you would hate to be bored.