The memorial service...

For those who weren't there, you should know that the memorial service held for Leslie on Sunday, December 7, at the glass-walled chapel on the University of Houston campus was well-attended, and featured tributes by Dr. William Monroe, Executive Associate Dean of the Honors College at the University of Houston; Dr. John Antell, Dean of the UH College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences; Dr. Cynthia Freeland, Chair of the UH Philosophy Department; Keith "Freebird" Johnson; Dr. Fernando Casas, professor and artist (whose study of Leslie and painting of Leslie's beloved Magnolia Circle reading group were prominently featured at the service)(and reading a meditation by Bruce Leutwyler); Steve Adams; Fernando Castro; Tanya Lunstroth (reading a tribute from one of Leslie's adult study groups, The Friends of Plato); professor Ed Aimen; Josh Ellery; Dr. Thad Logan of Rice University; Blake Gilson, a student of Leslie's who had accompanied Leslie on his first summer course abroad; and Matt Arenas, a student. I will be posting the various tributes as they become available.