Not long after I graduated and began teaching, Barry Commoner invited me to Washington University because of my work on energy use in Agriculture. He also published my article in his magazine, Ecology, and even wrote a forward to my first book, Farming for Profit in a Hungry World: Capital and the Crisis in Agriculture.
I only ran into him a few times after that. We would only exchange a few words. He was always engaged with other people and I did not want to disturb him. I wish that I had been able to spend enough time with Barry Commoner to call him a friend. Nonetheless, I am grateful for our brief time together and even more grateful for the wonderful work he did. His obituaries cover some of his most important work, but they neglected something that impressed me. Many of the people who worked for him were "unqualified," in the sense that they lacked the credentials normally required for their jobs. I believe that they did a better job appreciating that Barry Commoner gave them a chance that others would deny them. We many more Barry Commoners. Thank you Barry. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
