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Show NEWS JANUARY 6, 2014 A5 Dear David, Please know how much I value the example you set for me. You were the person that showed me how to make the transition between the arts and academia. You showed me how to am a better, take a stand,i more useful faculty member because of you. I am eternally grateful. I love you and send my very best to you. I will honor you by continuing to promote faculty involvement in the governance at UVU and in the academic life of the University. I hope that I can be of service to faculty as you have been to me. Angie Banchero-Kelleher, Associate Professor of Dance Utah Valley University For a dozen years David took chances on me for no good reason other than his unflinching faith in the boundless potential of his students. I owe David more than I can say for giving me the highwire, the the net. Now, I can only hope to repay pole, and for taking away him by emulating that same unwavering faith in the students who grand ambitions to change the world. approach me with short resumes and Luke Peterson, Director of Corporate & Community Partnerships Utah Valley University philosopher in David was a many of loved scintillating the best senses of the term. He and unsuspended conversation about big, deep, and beautiful topics. Of course he thought some arguments were better than others, but he was never in a hurry to get the argument over, the conversation about important matters was always more important for him, than the declaration of a winner. Dr. Michael Minch, Professor of Philosophy & Director of Peace and Justice Studies Utah Valley University Dear David, Deadhead A giant among men, you are. I needed a to teach me moral philosophy, else it wouldn't have felt "moral" to me. I needed Neil Young with the someone to mingle the lyrics of ethics of Mill, else it wouldn't Kant and have been music to me. And you did. "Ms better to burn out than to fade away," you said. And burn brightly you have, and your legacy still will. Thank you Sir David Keller. Ryan Trimble, UVU student |