{"id":24266,"date":"2023-03-03T13:22:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T17:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=24266"},"modified":"2023-03-03T13:22:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T17:22:22","slug":"good-bye-glenn-and-thank-you-fred-for-your-moving-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2023\/03\/03\/good-bye-glenn-and-thank-you-fred-for-your-moving-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Good-bye Glenn and thank you Fred for your moving tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The picture to the left was graciously provided by Mr. Fred Klein. Good-bye Glenn… Your memory will be eternal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

First, Bambi will share Glenn’s obituary or life story https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ZephJc<\/a>. Further below, an if you wish, you can see an earlier post spontaneously dedicated to Glenn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, with his consent, Bambi wants to share with you Fred’s elegantly written and moving text celebrating Glenn’s life. He published his “Tribute to Glenn Brown<\/em>” on the TotalBiblio<\/em>\u2122<\/em><\/strong>website (https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Zx96q6<\/a>), which starts with a lovely picture from McGill convocation of October 1998, along with his late friends Alain and now Glenn (maybe they are hanging out together in heaven, could it be?), followed by his tribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Published and shared by Mr. Fred Klein <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

“There I am in the centre with my two best friends from Library School, Glenn Brown on the right and Alain L\u00e9tourneau on the left. Glenn always called that my \u2018stick of gum\u2019 suit. Hard to believe twenty-five years have passed since those memorable and enriching days when we were so much younger and learning so much together. Being in a female-dominated profession, I organized events for the thirteen of us men in our class of fifty (if you do the math, 26%) and Glenn often showed up. So did Alain and the three of us became good pals. It\u2019s hard also to believe I am the last of our trio as Alain passed away in 2006 and Glenn<\/a> last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For our classmate Su, who convocated in June 1998, that ceremony was \nmemorable also because her husband Jimmy received his PhD from another \nfaculty but with the three of us at the same time in October. Short \nmoments after this photo was taken, Glenn lent his robe, mortar and \ntassle along with the orange sash of library science to Su so she could \nleave her place as a a spectator in the audience, pose with her husband \nand have their picture taken side by side at convocation as if they had \nbeen together all along and never separated by time. That\u2019s the kind of \nperson Glenn was: he could make human moments possible because he was \neasy to approach and people trusted him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glenn enriched my experience at McGill by being a good classmate and a\n role model to look up to for many others in our class as well. Glenn \nwas suspicious of technology and computers, yet he got one of the \ncoveted jobs of \u2018IT lab technicians\u2019 and was anachronistic in many other\n respects, for example being something of an \u201dagoraphobic agrarian\u201d \ndifficult to reach by telephone, difficult to enlist for McGill Softball\n League. Glenn insisted on meeting and talking to people and for that \nreason, always spoke to the bank tellers and never used a bank machine. \nGlenn\u2019s interests, education and reading were so varied and sometimes \nodd, he had something to offer everyone. I learned plenty from Glenn \nabout all sorts of things from Newfoundland culture to book culture, \nwine and cooking, to history and then some. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Glenn never married, I was present on campus when news of \nJoy Tillotson\u2019s death from cancer arrived from St. John\u2019s. Glenn was \nvisibly shaken so I invited him to our regular pub. We had supper \ntogether that same night and I helped Glenn get drunk and talk through \nthe pain and mourning for his once former girlfriend. It seemed that \nevening did him a lot of good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After McGill, we stayed in touch for several years and when I lived in New York City, Glenn helped prevent my homesickness by sending me the Saturday Montreal Gazette in monthly mailings of a few editions. I\u2019d call Glenn on Sundays at the Neuro Library and he answered because they have a phone in the library. Glenn was very interested to hear about my new job and city in what he called \u201dfereign parts\u201d since he never visited the \u2018U.S. and A\u2019 even once in his life. Eventually, we became roommates in Snowdon for two years and after which, went our separate ways. I will always remember the good times spent with Glenn and the friends we shared in Montreal”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frederick Klein<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 2, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you Fred. Peace to you heart. Take good care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace also to Louis’ heart, and to the hearts of Glenn’s loved ones, including his brother, nephew, niece, and Peter as well as Donna et al. Each one of you, without naming everyone. Each one of us. We are all united in our sorrow. We are grateful for Glenn’s presence in our lives in one way or another, whether for a limited season or for a lifetime. Tomorrow, at least some of us will be able to say good-bye to Glenn in Montreal (funerals). Please, Louis, give him Bambi’s warm regards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last but not least, and if if she may, Bambi will end with a prayer dedicated to you Glenn. May your memory be eternal. THANK you for having existed in our lives ?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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