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In Memoriam: Dyke Brown
I received an email this morning from the head of my high school alma mater, The Athenian School, informing us that the founder had passed away. Dyke Brown was an amazing man. It was a privilege to know him at all, and to know from him how the school started with nothing and became something with so much significance to me. (Last Fall I blogged the school's 40th anniversary celebrations.) I recently visited Athenian and chatted with Eleanor, who has been leading it since I was a freshman. I think one of the things I mentioned to her is my gratitude that it always encouraged in us the notion that anything good you can dream up is worth taking seriously as a real possibility, no matter how seemingly outlandish or overly ambitious. We had the DIY aesthetic in spades.And small wonder, when Dyke built this outlandishly inclusive and ambitiously progressive school after dreaming it up himself. One more time--and not the last time--thank you so much, Dyke Brown.
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It's nice that you're sharing something personal. I hope you consider more of this type writing. We all get the news. It's the you that makes writing unique.
Posted on Dec-21-2006 | Link