���Now, as a professional writer, not an article goes by when I
don���t think about the Dolezal red pen and how many marks it
would leave on the draft.���
��� Lawrence Devoe, Class of 1962
Lawrence Devoe
Class of 1962
Dick Dolezal was truly one of the finest
teachers that I ever had in my life. He was the
teacher who taught me everything that I ever
learned about writing.
Now, as a professional writer, not an article
goes by when I don���t think about the Dolezal
red pen and how many marks it would leave
on the draft. The pen has been passed. I am
truly blessed to have become one of the many
recipients of that pen. The writers��� pantheon of
today and tomorrow who have passed through
the Dolezal portals are a truly fortunate bunch.
Humbly speaking, I may not merit that
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distinction, but I did the best that I could with
any innate talent and, more important, the
vision that Dick Dolezal gave me. His critical
assessment of what I thought was good enough
prompted me to reconsider the height of the
bar that I had set for my writing.
Ironically, words are truly insufficient to
express the difference that Dr. Dolezal made in
what became my professional career. Perhaps
the best expression that I have heard about
the influence of teachers is the following:
���Teachers who love to teach produce students
who love to learn.��� This is the Dolezal legacy.
