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My Brother Roy
It has been comforting to read how many lives Roy touched in such a variety of wonderful ways.
Being Roy’s sister, I always thought he was the “brother extraordinaire”, who was always there when I needed him. I will miss him…
A complex guy
This isn't a story exactly, it's some observations. There are lots of comments here about Roy's courtesy and thoughtfulness and kindness, his generosity. He had all those things to a really remarkable degree: that's all…
Tags: impatient stubborn single-minded
The Memorial Day Picnic
I remember meeting Roy and Deborah, Betsy, Jean Christophe, Warren, Gary, Gary, Liz, John, Carol thirty five years ago. We were searching for something Harvard didn't seem to think important. In those days right after the tumultuous…
The Mouse
Roy taught me how to use a mouse. In March 1997 when CHNM was still a one-room operation located outside of Roy's office, the Center sponsored an open-house at which GMU History faculty could come and get help with their computer problems.…
Tags: chnm computer technology carpool
On the Road with Roy
As a neighbor of Roy’s as well as a friend and colleague, I had many occasions to carpool with him over the last fifteen years. I came to understand that it was Roy’s gregarious nature as much as any environmental consciousness that led…
Tags: conversation driving
Roy Rosenzweig, Presente
I wasn’t one of Roy’s closest friends, but I feel lucky to have known him for a long time. We met when I joined the Radical History Review editorial collective in late 1990, and worked together on that for many years.
I can’t…
Random thoughts
Just a few random thoughts and experiences with Prof. Rosenzweig (despite being older, I could never call him "Roy"):
Three years ago I took Clio I with Prof. R. and was totally lost on the web-design aspects of the class almost from day…
When Life and the Classroom Meet
This is my October 21, 1007 column for The Examiner newspaper.
Being a teacher is as schizophrenic as being a student. There’s class, and there’s life, and “never the twain shall meet.” Students pretend to focus on…