tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post861624231900311935..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: The day the music diedLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-37357256376502395822010-09-19T11:05:49.012-04:002010-09-19T11:05:49.012-04:00Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:41:14 -0400
From: "...Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:41:14 -0400<br />From: "UMass Chancellor's Office" <br />To: massmail-l@oit.umass.edu<br />Subject: Remembering George Parks<br />X-UMass-Massmail: event MM1804<br />Sender: massmail-l-bounces@oit.umass.edu<br />X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (thal\<br />es.math.umass.edu [128.119.47.22]); Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:41:50 -0400 (EDT)<br />X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 128.119.47.22<br /><br /><br />Dear Campus Community,<br /><br />As we mourn the loss of George Parks, the outpouring of sorrow and<br />support, both on campus and beyond, has been tremendous. We must all<br />take solace in knowing that while we grieve, we do so as a community.<br /><br />Plans are under way for a memorial service and we will share the details<br />of date, time, and place, once they are finalized. At the request of the<br />family, we have created the George N. Parks Memorial Fund for donations<br />in lieu of flowers. A link to this fund is available at<br />http://umass.edu/umhome/parks/.<br /><br />Today, our Marching Band played the ultimate tribute to their beloved<br />leader, as they performed in Michigan, despite their grief. As they<br />return to campus this weekend, at their request, we are asking the<br />campus and community to forego any plans to gather and meet their buses.<br />The Marching Band has indicated that they prefer privacy at this time,<br />and we must respect their wishes.<br /><br />Sincerely yours,<br /><br />Robert C. Holub<br />Chancellor<br /><br />James V. Staros<br />ProvostAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-30539750106235150772010-09-19T07:47:32.955-04:002010-09-19T07:47:32.955-04:00I was with a couple Umass Vice Chancellors on Frid...I was with a couple Umass Vice Chancellors on Friday morning just after the news first broke, and I told them they had better reserve the Mullins Center for George's ceremony.<br /><br />Folks from far and wide are going to come back to Umass to pay their final respectsLarry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-18731117073682094972010-09-19T07:39:12.939-04:002010-09-19T07:39:12.939-04:00George Parks' contribution to the lives of you...George Parks' contribution to the lives of young people at UMass and around the country, to the UMass and Amherst and to everyone he touched throughout his life, is more than any of us can ever imagine.<br /><br />Thank you George. And thank you Larry for this tribute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-17409005180722958912010-09-18T21:29:16.437-04:002010-09-18T21:29:16.437-04:00A mensch indeed!
Or as we say around the neighbor...A mensch indeed!<br /><br />Or as we say around the neighborhood pub, "A real stand up guy."Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-46909772543237833302010-09-18T21:10:17.454-04:002010-09-18T21:10:17.454-04:00George Parks was a real mensch. I always enjoyed ...George Parks was a real mensch. I always enjoyed cheering along with him and his ensemble at the school-year-opening community breakfast, and have appreciated his many enthusiastic band members who've attended my courses over the years. It's hard to believe he's gone - to say he'll be missed is an understatement....<br /><br />- Your FriendAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-87809777623941441952010-09-18T10:40:42.188-04:002010-09-18T10:40:42.188-04:00Anonymous 10:16 AM clearly woke up on the wrong si...Anonymous 10:16 AM clearly woke up on the wrong side of the bed.<br /><br />Thank you for the tribute to a fine man that many of us never had the pleasure to know, and about whom we are learning a lot in recent days. These are the people that make Amherst a great place to live, despite our strange politics and the angry anonymous naysayers who chime in here.<br /><br />Rich MorseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-61856980660046526442010-09-18T10:35:32.074-04:002010-09-18T10:35:32.074-04:00Yeah well after 30 years of being, you know, INVOL...Yeah well after 30 years of being, you know, INVOLVED you come into contact with many thousands of people and their stories; and none were any finer than George Parks--both as a person and as a story. <br /><br />(I did not bother to go into some of the other issues George helped me out with, because I figured you were out there lurking...)Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-64857521120501864432010-09-18T10:16:52.167-04:002010-09-18T10:16:52.167-04:00He winked at you? Gosh! That's amazing. And...He winked at you? Gosh! That's amazing. And I'm always amazed how no matter what the story you always have to insert yourself into it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com