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Let me add my voice to those who have spoken of their sadness to hear of John's passing away. I learned from Barbara about how difficult his last years were even then, so our own sadness must also be about what for him were those lost years. He and Barbara were a formidable pair, and their important work on the West Riding will now be taken up by others -- work which already, in Barbara's articles on the Towneley plays, has shaken medieval drama studies. Cliff Davidson ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen K Wright" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 3:58:39 PM > Subject: Re: John Wasson > > Terribly sad to learn of John's passing. He and his partner in > crime, the late Barbara Palmer, were the kind of scholarly > inspirations and personal role models that a newbie medievalist like > me was so grateful for back in the day. > > I hope a word or two will be said about John at this year's REED > meeting in Kalamazoo. > > Steve Wright > ________________________________________ > From: REED-L: Records of Early English Drama Discussion > [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Suzanne Westfall > [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 8:33 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: John Wasson > > I didn't know John well, though (as I have said elsewhere) I > frequently > recall him suggesting at the Leeds conference that REED should be > REEE -- > Records of Early English Everything. > > And I will always treasure dinners (and lots of scotch) with Barbara > at the > 'zoo. She was ever cracking wise (in both senses). She taught me > how to > run a seminar at my very first SAA when I was a lowly graduate > student; > unlike many, she was always supportive, never condescending -- though > she > could deliver a tongue-blistering rant on those of whom she though > little! > > We'll miss them both, and their spirits will celebrate every REED > achievement to come, I'm sure. > > Best, > Suzanne > ³No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical.² ~Niels > Bohr > > > > > On 2/5/14 10:17 AM, "Abigail Ann Young" <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Echoing Jim and Gloria! They were both so generous to me when I was > > still starting out with palaeography at REED, adding it to my Latin > > duties. And I have many happy memories of work on John's Devon > > collection, despite the endless repetition of the Exeter entries! > > > > Abigail > > > > On 04/02/2014 10:22 PM, Betcher, Gloria J [ENGL] wrote: > >> Well said, Jim. Both John and Barbara were generous with their > >> time and their > >> research. I think of them often as I use the volumes they edited > >> and read the > >> other work they published. We were lucky to have known them, > >> though, as with > >> so many good things and good people, in their case "summer's lease > >> hath all > >> too short a date." > >> > >> Ave atque vale, John. > >> > >> Gloria > >> > >> Gloria J. Betcher, Ph.D. > >> Adjunct Associate Professor of English > >> Department of English > >> Iowa State University > >> 419 Ross Hall > >> Ames, IA 50011 > >> > >> Office phone: (515) 294-3026 > >> > >> ________________________________________ > >> From: REED-L: Records of Early English Drama Discussion > >> [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Stokes, James > >> [[log in to unmask]] > >> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 4:07 PM > >> To: [log in to unmask] > >> Subject: Re: John Wasson > >> > >> Thank you for this information. I hadn't known. He truly was the > >> greatest > >> mentor and the greatest friend that a then young editor could hope > >> to have. > >> And he was the most generous of scholars. I could write a book of > >> John and > >> Barbara memories. So could we all. Thanks for everything, John. > >> > >> Jim S. (for Bobbie and Steph and Samatha too) > >> > >> ________________________________________ > >> From: REED-L: Records of Early English Drama Discussion > >> [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Carolyn Black > >> [[log in to unmask]] > >> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 3:11 PM > >> To: [log in to unmask] > >> Subject: John Wasson > >> > >> Dear Colleagues: > >> > >> We were saddened to learn that John Wasson, Professor of English > >> at > >> Washington State University and one of REED's founding editors, > >> passed > >> away on October 20 after a long illness. Wasson edited, with David > >> Galloway, the dramatic records of Norfolk and Suffolk for the > >> Malone > >> Society, experience that he shared at REED's first colloquium in > >> 1978. > >> His edition of the Devon records appeared in 1986 and he went on > >> to > >> edit the records of Derbyshire and, with Barbara Palmer, the > >> records > >> of the West Riding of Yorkshire, work that will be completed by > >> other > >> members of the REED team. In addition to his own editing work, > >> Wasson > >> served on REED's Editorial Advisory Board and as a Senior Adviser, > >> and > >> was a valued mentor to the following generation of REED editors, > >> notably James Stokes and Peter Greenfield >