Howard Spiro passed away recently. He was a force in the medical humanities. A generous, humorous, somewhat Falstaffian, character. Loved to tell a good story, the companonship of friends and colleagues. Mory's was his stage. He tacked against the academic wind at Yale, but was respected nonetheless.
Brian Maurer's personal Tribute to Howard is worth reading.
More formal Yale Announcement.
For those within drivng distance, a memorial service has been planned for Saturday, March 24, at 11 a.m. at The Unitarian Society of New Haven, 700 Hartford Tpke, Hamden, Conn.
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever;
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.