Re Christina Murphy/Joe Law/Harry Opperman

[KIVIKKO@GAMMA.IS.TCU.EDU]

Group,

I received an e-mail message from Christina today saying she likes 
her new job as Chair of the English Department at Memphis State 
University.  Because of the many duties involved in settling into a 
new place, she hasn't re-subscribed to WCenter yet.  She did ask, 
however, that I publish her snail and e-mail addresses on this list 
so folks will know how to reach her.  Here goes: 

	Dr. Christina Murphy, Chair
 	English Department
	University of Memphis
	463 Patterson Hall
	Memphis, TN 38152

	(901) 678-2651
        CMurphy2@admin2.memphis.edu

Joe Law has checked in with us, as well, and also sounds happy with 
his new surroundings at Wright State Univ. in Dayton, Ohio.  Although 
he didn't ask me to publish his e-mail address, I'm sure he won't mind:
     JLaw@discover.wright.edu

Turning to matters more sad, on Sunday morning we lost to cancer one of our 
colleagues in the English Department here at Texas Christian 
University--Harry Opperman, who taught through the spring semester.  On 
Saturday, a friend and colleague took him to a lake north of here, a favorite 
fishing spot, so Harry could say goodbye to the lake and to several fishing 
buddies.  The next morning, back at his home, he died from complications of 
lung cancer.  Some of you may have known Harry, who came here as a young 
man not long out of graduate school in 1970.  A writer of essays and 
fiction, he taught creative writing and American Literature.  A memorial 
service was held in the campus chapel on Wednesday afternoon, a celebration 
and remembrance filled with tributes from colleagues and students, gentle 
laughter, and music selected by one of his sons from The Grateful Dead, 
Dire Straits, The Who, and The Rolling Stones.  The experience was 
altogether moving--right down to the recessional, "Dixie Chicken."  Harry, 
though a quiet man, would have liked it all--except, perhaps, the tears.

Mary Nell Kivikko
M.Kivikko@tcu.edu