APPRECIATION
by Richard Cracroft

This is a note I sent to Gene early on in our friendship—one of many such expressions through the years.

Re:   Appreciation

Thanks, friend Gene, for your kind and generous gift of Dialogues with Myself. Since chatting with you on Friday, I have taken time to read and browse and find the book absolutely delightful. I get a sense of Mormon letters coming of age and am thrilled to be an observer (not a voyeur) at its puberty rites.

You have made a significant contribution to the discipline; you have done much to make a discipline out of a field. I am grateful to you and rejoice in associating with you.

And I am also a devotee of Charlotte’s concoctions.

signed    Richard H. Cracroft

Dean, College of Humanities