[Milton-L] Dr. Albert Labriola, requiescat in pace

[Jeffrey Theis]

I know that others on this list had more extensive personal and
professional relationships with Al than I did. That being said, Al
really has greatly shaped my career. To echo other posts, Al combined
his impeccable research and editing skills with a genuine love of people
and our profession. 

He published my first scholarly article in MS. The article certainly
was rough around the edges, and he gently and professionally guided my
revisions in a way that welcomed me into the profession. My book is
coming out with Duquesne UP, and I greatly appreciated the excellent,
sensitive reading Al gave my manuscript. 

I'll miss him, and I extend my sympathies to his family and
colleagues.

Jeff Theis

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233 Meier Hall
Mailing Address:
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>>> Richard Durocher <durocher at stolaf.edu> 3/12/2009 12:21 PM >>>
Dear Angelica and other colleagues and friends,

   I have just heard the news of Al's death and feel his loss deeply,
as
many of us do.  I am grateful to Al for more than I can say, but his
irreplaceable combination of kindness, intelligence, and good humor
will, I
hope, remain with me and with many as a cherished model.

   Angelica and Jameela:  If you hear of funeral arrangements, will
you
please send word to the list?  Some of us will do our best to be there,
I
imagine, from Minnesota and beyond.

   Rich DuRocher





On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Jameela Lares
<Jameela.Lares at usm.edu>wrote:

> Thanks very much, Angelica.  I have been hoping it wasn't true since
last
> night.  I had been in contact with Al on Milton Society even while he
was on
> vacation in Florida.  In fact, the last e-mail I got from him was
yesterday
> at 5:20 AM, apparently just hours before he died.  He was faithful to
the
> last.
>
> Al was one of the great influences for good in my academic life.  I
would
> much prefer to go on telling him so myself for a while longer, though
I
> imagine that could I speak with him now, he would listen patiently,
thank me
> sincerely and--as ever--ponderously for my good wishes, and then with
one of
> his smiles advise me to read the penultimate verse paragraph of
Lycidas,
> after--of course--having had due time to grieve.
>
> i think my favorite praise of Al was what his encomiast, Michael
Lieb, said
> on the occasion of Al becoming honored scholar of the Milton Society
of
> America:  "He was the man behind the man behind the man."
>
> Jameela Lares
> Professor of English
> The University of Southern Mississippi
> 118 College Drive, #5037
> Hattiesburg, MS  39406-0001
> 601 266-4319 ofc
> 601 266-5757 fax
> ________________________________________
> From: milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu [
> milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu] On Behalf Of Angelica Duran [
> duran0 at purdue.edu] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:53 AM
> To: John Milton Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Milton-L] Dr. Albert Labriola
>
> Dear all,
>
> I received a call and the English Department at Duquesne just now
which
> confirmed that Al Labriola has died.  You can keep updated on
information by
> looking at the Duquesne University newspaper, The Duke, available at
<
> http://www.theduquesneduke.com/>. Today’s edition features a story
on Al
> Labriola on its front page today.   I am also on a phone call tree
and will
> update the list as I hear news.
>
> In great sadness...
>
> Adios,
>
> Angelica Duran
> Associate Professor
> English and Comparative Literature
> Purdue University
> 500 Oval Drive
> West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
> USA
> (765) 496-3957
> <duran0 at purdue.edu>
> <http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/directory/?personid=80>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Carol Barton <cbartonphd1 at verizon.net>
> Reply-To: John Milton Discussion List <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:47:02 -0500 (CDT)
> To: <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
> Subject: Re: Re: [Milton-L] Dr. Albert Labriola
>
> I am speechless at this so heart-wrenching news. Heaven has indeed
called
> home another of its own. "Flights of angels sing thee to thy rest,"
good
> soul. Al was one of the kindest and most decent human beings whom it
has
> ever been my pleasure to know, and my heart goes out to Regina and
his
> family.Carol Barton
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