- John Thayer, chemistry professor since '66
"There is no limit to the good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."
- Peter Stern, professor since '79, chairman, orthopaedic surgery -- quoting General George C. Marshall
"In criminal justice, we call that a clue."
- Ed Bridgeman, Ed '76, MA (A&S) '83, associate professor, criminal justice, Clermont College (at UC since '76) -- said when something is quite obvious
"With words, one can inspire. With experiences, one will aspire."
- John Morris, field-service associate professor since '05, College of Business
"Pick goals that look as if they may be unreachable, then run scared."
- the late George Gore, management professor from '59 to '98
"Listen to what comes out of the instrument."
- the late Wayne Fisher, organ instructor, '40s-70s -- repeating what Huguette Dreyfus, a famous French harpsichordist, used to tell him
"Will little children die from it?"
- Jean Peck, English, journalism adjunct, '80s-90s -- used as the litmus test to judge the importance of an outcome [ "It was something my grandfather would say to my grandmother -- in Yiddish -- when she would complain that the bills weren't paid, the snow was piled up in the driveway and that kind of think," Peck adds.]
Memorable words in writing
"See me. ... Petersen"
- the late John Petersen, DAA professor from '66 to '72 -- written on a piece of paper and placed on the desk of a struggling student
Roger Weaver, DAAP '72, recalls that fellow classmates would strike fear in the hearts of unsuspecting students by placing imitation notes on the desks of the best students in the class. "After a while," he remembers,"it got to be a mark of honor to be 'Petersen'd,' as we called it. Professor Petersen is no longer with us, but his strong advocacy of design still affects my work on a regular basis."
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