When, with more enthusiasm than know-how, I started trying to support my courses with websites, Roy was encouraging and incredibly generous of his time and personally got me started communicating with the CHNM server (where those websites have lived…

It would be exaggerating to say that Roy taught me to drive – I had learned the basics already. But it was Roy who saw to it that I got my first driver’s license.

It was 1975, at the end of my first year of graduate school. I was to…

I remember so many ways that Roy (with his various 'partners in crime' over the decades) impressed so many of us with his knowledge of history and his commitment to and genuine respect for the "public" in "public…

Roy was my master's thesis advisor during the late 1980s. He always made himself available to talk and answer questions. He served on several occasions as the outside reviewer of my professional accomplishments during the 1990s. I cannot thank…

One of the things that I remember most about Roy is that no matter how busy he was, he always had a thank you at the ready. It didn't matter if what you did for Roy was just part of your job, he would always remember to recognize your…

I earned my MA at GMU working with Roy. He helped me understand history in new ways, and managed to help get me connected to the world of public history. His help inspired me to go on and earn a PhD. He will be…

I met Roy at the funeral of Dave Sloane back in the 1986 or 7 in New Jersey. Roy was extremely engaging. I teach history to high school kids and he was full of questions and observations. I'd read a piece he contributed to the Radical History…