As did many others, I received the sad news this morning that John Lovas, recent chair of CCCC, passed away June 21, 2005. He was 65. —Doug Hesse —John Lovas (Community College English)
I’m still catching up on all that happened during my offline week. This is a shock, and it certainly puts my own little problems in their proper perspective.
I knew John through his blog for some time, and finally got the chance to meet him and spend some time with him at the 4Cs just a few months ago.
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I commented on this news over at Mike’s blog [http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/archives/2005/06/22/john-lovas/] but knew I had to over here too since we spent a good deal of time with him pre-rock and roll party. Unbelievable…