when he was running for president, I once gave him a ride in my car. A great guy! he will be missed.
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 6:29 PM, michael perelman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, at the very least you should know the nature of that evil. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
