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William R. Freudenburg as student

William R. Freudenburg as student J Environ Stud Sci (2012) 2:78–79 DOI 10.1007/s13412-011-0061-9 Kai Erikson Published online: 24 February 2012 AESS 2012 Here I am, 80 years old, and having to come to terms with When he did begin to speak (it could only have been the preposterous idea that Bill Freudenburg died before a few seconds later), words came out in urgent bursts, turning 60. Professors are not meant to outlive their stu- almost tumbling over each other as they poured into the dents. That is not part of the contract. room. This was Yale in the early 1970s. I was accus- He and I were in fairly continuous contact for almost tomed to graduate students who looked at the social 40 of those 60 years. My original assignment in this world as though it had been filtered through the profes- collection was to write something about Bill as a student. sional screens we were teaching them about—the theo- He sometimes called me his mentor, and I am wholly rems and propositions they planned to test, the methods comfortable with that. But I was also an onlooker over they planned to use, and the literatures they planned to the decades as he grew http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2012 by AESS
Subject
Environment; Sustainable Development; Environment, general
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2190-6483
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2190-6491
DOI
10.1007/s13412-011-0061-9
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J Environ Stud Sci (2012) 2:78–79 DOI 10.1007/s13412-011-0061-9 Kai Erikson Published online: 24 February 2012 AESS 2012 Here I am, 80 years old, and having to come to terms with When he did begin to speak (it could only have been the preposterous idea that Bill Freudenburg died before a few seconds later), words came out in urgent bursts, turning 60. Professors are not meant to outlive their stu- almost tumbling over each other as they poured into the dents. That is not part of the contract. room. This was Yale in the early 1970s. I was accus- He and I were in fairly continuous contact for almost tomed to graduate students who looked at the social 40 of those 60 years. My original assignment in this world as though it had been filtered through the profes- collection was to write something about Bill as a student. sional screens we were teaching them about—the theo- He sometimes called me his mentor, and I am wholly rems and propositions they planned to test, the methods comfortable with that. But I was also an onlooker over they planned to use, and the literatures they planned to the decades as he grew

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Published: Feb 24, 2012

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