Here's to Fenno, the Giant !

Well, we've lost a giant, haven't we.  Fenno may have been small in stature, but in every other respect he was what a talented leader is all about.  The worst thing about growing old is not that you wake up every morning experiencing pain or discomfort somewhere, or that you've come to realize that you have not lived up to your potential as a father, a husband, a friend, or in your chosen profession.  No, the cruelest companion of aging is the irreplaceable loss of so many friends you have known throughout the years...friends you wish you had had more quality time with, time which would have enriched and broadened not only your personal relationship, but added substance, creativity and wonderment to a world often lacking in all of the above.  Happily such people leave memories that warm the heart, and which leave those left behind with a greater sense of community, a more urgent desire to be available and empathetic to those we love as friends and family.  So here's to Fenno, the giant !  

Dwight "Froggy" Townsend, Yale and Whiffenpoof '55