To Dr Lynn Elen Burton,
Simon Fraser University
Dear, Dear Dr Pooh and Friend:
I’ve been standing by . . . and waiting for the right moment to put in my personal “5-cents worth” to this tribute to Dr Pooh. Both Marie and I have been deeply touched, but not surprised, by your students’ initiative. They have expressed, with such sincerity, gratitude, friendship, affection to you and appreciation of your presence in their individual life.
This is, without a doubt, the biggest collective effort I have ever seen . . . in my entire life, in making a well-deserving friend feel good about herself.
That makes you, “the most extraordinary human being I have ever met" . . . in my book and very obviously in that of a whole lot of people you have touched, reached out for, or associated with, helped, one way or another.
I will never forget the day you joined our organization in our effort to support the Prime Minister of Canada, addressing issues of Science and Technology. That day, I knew you would be of great influence on the rest of my career. Your frequent quotes, such as “success comes in cans and not in can’ts” . . . “there are doers and don’ters” and of course, “. . . that’s nice!” . . . have henceforth been part of my daily decisions; either at managing my mandates or teaching my art students.
Thank you for your contribution to my success in all I have done over the last twenty-some years. No matter what I undertake, there is always some solution found, when I think back and ask myself how you would handle stumble blocks. Thank you for turning so many of my negative events into positive and profitable ones. Nobody does it better.
Your sincerity and friendship are of vital importance to both Marie and myself, thank you so much. As well, we return our friendship to you and yours.
As your students express so nicely to you, in their Celebrity Roast, my Dear, Dear Dr Pooh and Friend, without you, “Futures Studies” would certainly be deprived of a future.
Most sincerely,
Your old friend,
J. Ernest François Labelle,
Artist and Painter - Ottawa
eflabelle@rogers.com www.jeflabelle.com artjef@jeflabelle.com
Simon Fraser University
Dear, Dear Dr Pooh and Friend:
I’ve been standing by . . . and waiting for the right moment to put in my personal “5-cents worth” to this tribute to Dr Pooh. Both Marie and I have been deeply touched, but not surprised, by your students’ initiative. They have expressed, with such sincerity, gratitude, friendship, affection to you and appreciation of your presence in their individual life.
This is, without a doubt, the biggest collective effort I have ever seen . . . in my entire life, in making a well-deserving friend feel good about herself.
That makes you, “the most extraordinary human being I have ever met" . . . in my book and very obviously in that of a whole lot of people you have touched, reached out for, or associated with, helped, one way or another.
I will never forget the day you joined our organization in our effort to support the Prime Minister of Canada, addressing issues of Science and Technology. That day, I knew you would be of great influence on the rest of my career. Your frequent quotes, such as “success comes in cans and not in can’ts” . . . “there are doers and don’ters” and of course, “. . . that’s nice!” . . . have henceforth been part of my daily decisions; either at managing my mandates or teaching my art students.
Thank you for your contribution to my success in all I have done over the last twenty-some years. No matter what I undertake, there is always some solution found, when I think back and ask myself how you would handle stumble blocks. Thank you for turning so many of my negative events into positive and profitable ones. Nobody does it better.
Your sincerity and friendship are of vital importance to both Marie and myself, thank you so much. As well, we return our friendship to you and yours.
As your students express so nicely to you, in their Celebrity Roast, my Dear, Dear Dr Pooh and Friend, without you, “Futures Studies” would certainly be deprived of a future.
Most sincerely,Your old friend,
J. Ernest François Labelle,
Artist and Painter - Ottawa
eflabelle@rogers.com www.jeflabelle.com artjef@jeflabelle.com
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