Dear Bill,
            I, too, wish to add my condolences to Joanne and her family
at this time of loss.
            However, in a time of loss, it is important to remember the
good times.  I recall having dinner with Gay and Joanne one evening at
the most recent ALSB conference in Denver.  We told stories and shared
memories of many colleagues.  So again, remember the good times.
                       Bruce D. Fisher

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Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 6:23 PM
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Subject: Re: Gaylord Jentz -- Remembrance

Bill: Thanks for distributing this remembrance of Gaylord.  Without a
doubt he was "one of a kind".  Gaylord did so much for ALSB and for so
many of its members from writing letters of recommendation, to calling
Deans in support of b-law curriculum and faculty.  But most of all and
despite all of his accomplishments, he was a kind man, reliable and
trustworthy friend and a uniquely devoted husband.  
There will never be another Gaylord Jentz.

Rick

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From: Bill Shaw <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, November 23, 2009 5:28 pm
Subject: Gaylord Jentz -- Remembrance

> 
> >Gaylord Jentz
> >
> >
> Many of you will remember Gaylord Jentz, for 10 or 12 years our 
> department chairman at UT and
> an enthusiastic supporter of Business Law and of every Business 
> Law 
> instructor or assistant
> professor who entered the door.  He was a Past President of the 
> Academy, an Editor-in-Chief
> of the American Business Law Journal, and the recipient of many 
> teaching awards.
> 
> On a personal level, every faculty and staff member just adored 
> him, 
> and that was true up and
> down these six or seven levels of faculty and deans' offices.  I 
> can 
> visualize him now scurrying
> through the halls busy about some task or the other.
> 
> He was impishly ready for a joke, and, watch out, it could be on 
> you.  I asked him one time for
> a letter to my banker as part of the paperwork in getting a home 
> loan, and his reply:  "Do you think
> you'll be around long enough for that?"  Later, regarding a letter 
> for my promotion packet:  "I've
> stretched that about as far as I can."  When I came into a meeting 
> late and blurted "Why don't you
> start over in case I missed something important," he replied, "Oh 
> yes, you missed the part about
> raises for those here on time."  One time he took over a class for 
> me, and on my return said:  "The
> kids may finally be learning something."
> 
> Gaylord left a lovely family, children and grandchildren, and a 
> wonderful and gracious wife, Joanne.
> All of us will keep him in our memory for a long, long time.
> 
> Cordially,
> Bill Shaw
>