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Filter by: Category. Filter by: Update Clear Filters. Narrow by content type: Forms Locations Policies Videos. Update Filters Clear Filters. Danforth was an example to us all, and I shall dearly miss him. Chancellor Danforth was the model of a silent voice with profound influence. As I reflect upon my engagements with him, I can say his encouraging words made a difference in my life.
During my 4 years from I vividly remember Dr. Danforth walking around campus talking to students, making himself a vivid presence. I was a reporter for Student Life during a time of political upheaval on campus and interviewed Dr. Danforth for an article—which was then edited to put one of his quotes out of context. When I went back to Dr. Danforth to apologize for what had happened he was completely gracious. I more recently had the pleasure of sitting next to Dr.
One day I had a Wash U booklet sent to high school students. I am infinitely fortunate that I had the two great Danforth experiences — graduating from Washington University and working at Miniwanca for 5 summers! I was privileged to support Chancellor Danforth in his use of many online applications for many many years and remember sitting with him in his Brookings office in the late s, walking him through the steps to send an electronic message through PROFS, the administrative e-mail system of the time.
Some departments had not even begun to -consider- using it. Chancellor Danforth however, recognized its potential, saw how he could use this new tool to better communicate with his colleagues and peers around the globe.
In addition to our words and deeds we all are sometimes remembered by the artifacts associated with us. My usual parking spot was in the lot in front of Brookings where the McKelvey School is today. I would trudge up the hill to campus through the archway between Crow and Cupples I.
At AM there are very few cars on campus so the late s pea green Chevrolet caught my eye as I passed the small lot next to North Brookings. It always looked functional, a bit worn and in every aspect unremarkable except for the pea green paint. I attended from Chancellor Danforth was always a caring and steady presence everywhere on campus. It was an honor to attend WashU during his chancellorship. I emailed him with the request, and he called me shortly thereafter.
I asked him a couple questions, got the quote needed, then asked him if I could please call him if I needed anything else, to which he of course said yes. Anyway, those ridiculous words came out of my mouth, and there was a very slight pause on the other end. This was before nearly every campus phone had a caller ID on it.
I feel that how he handled that is completely in line with the grace and kindness he was known for. I arrived as a junior faculty member in and kept seeing a beat-up Chevy in the parking lot. I was amazed to learn that it was the mode of transportation of Chancellor Danforth but came to realize it was part of his great humility.
I will always remember his statement about his vision in founding DBBS. I have never met or worked with a more gifted, inspirational, understanding, caring, effective, individual in my 62 years than Bill Danforth. I deeply and personally mourn his loss.
But celebrate an incredible life which touched so many and left so many far, far better off because he was here.
If one can be judged by helping people, raising sights, building a far better world, he was without equal. His effect on friends, families, colleagues, admirers, the entire Washington University community, St. Louis, and the country has been transformational.
My heart goes out to the entire Danforth and University family. With deepest respect, affection, and admiration to all. His presence was larger than life — a man who cared deeply about the students, faculty, alums and WashU. He was approachable, empathetic and a caring leader who leaves a memorable legacy. My condolences to the entire Danforth family. And it was. Now, the parents of the students look young.
No one should stay on so long that the grandparents look young. To me he was the Chancellor who read us bedtime stories. He was the man who made himself available to us as a leader.
He was gracious and I always thought he cared about us. I am truly grateful for the University he helped create and the time I spent there. He had so much to do with the wonderful education I received. Rest In Peace. And thank you. As we were meeting in his office over the lunch hour, he noticed that one of his shoelaces had broken.
While still listening to our grand plans, he bent over and nimbly re-attached the broken shoelace. When we finished our meeting we walked outside and I watched as he got into an older, green sedan.
Unassuming, understated, brilliant, and kind—he taught us so many lessons. God bless. Danforth was a wonderful model of humility and leadership to our family as my father, Arlo H.
Hasselbring, worked for him for 30 years. Dad was the financial controller that quietly worked in the background to help turn the university around financially. Dad worked very hard to help keep the reigns on spending, but also grow the academic schools and divisions for Dr.
He respected Dr. Danforth was always very gracious and kind to my father as he struggled with health issues. Danforth can drive an old Chevy with the windows rolled down and no air conditioning in the St. I remember when Dr. Danforth said hello to me at the age of 12 at a dinner at the Whittemore House. Humble leadership, how to live simply and how to give back, is what am thankful I learned from Dr. I met Dr. Bill Danforth changed that. He was so worthy of respect and yet he loved just hanging out with us.
I was VP of Student Union one year and we pushed the administration on some issues that would have led lesser University leaders to not like us very much.
But Bill never did that. Years later, at a reunion, he remembered our tussles and told me that he may not have agreed with everything I was doing, but he knew that we were trying to make the school better and learning valuable skills and lessons ourselves at the same time.
He was a great man and I will never forget him. Chan Dan was always around and always felt approachable and available. With his enigmatic smile, and gentle giant presence he had the ability to engage students on their terms. He was the rare leader that took the time to listen and to observe.
I learned from his leadership and integrate many of these same attributes into my own life- personally and professionally-every day. Thank you Chan Dan for setting an excellent example for me and countless others. You are missed. WashU invited me and several other prospective grad students to a campus visit in Chancellor Danforth hosted a dinner for us and he know ALL of our names and current universities.
This was just one very impressive sign that I was in the right place. So glad I accepted the offer. Rest in peace, Chancellor Danforth. Bill Danforth was a true gentleman and leader. His passing is sad for me and I miss him. I miss his humility, his scholarly approach, his leadership, all of which seem to be lacking in our society today. I remember Chancellor Danforth telling bedtime stories during orientation in I can still tell you about the stories he read because they made such an impression on me.
I would always introduce myself to him at reunion and trustee events and tell him what an impact he had on me. I believe he knew how so many alums felt about him, and this gave him happiness and comfort in his later years. I came to Washington University in , the year that Chan Dan retired.
Nonetheless, he seemed to permeate the campus. Older students wistfully reflected on his bedtime stories in the swamp and his benevolent omnipresence. I would occasionally see him around campus as he still had board duties. He delivered the class of commencement address, which was heartfelt and has grown in meaning to me as I have grown older. He reflected on the importance of family and friends and on working to help others. William Danforth and WashU changed my life!
He was emblematic of the greatness at WashU! He will be missed but never forgotten. Danforth added much to the Washington U. He was the best! I loved him as soon as I heard Uncle Bill telling bedtime stories in the swamp during orientation. He never disappointed in any way. A true gentleman, scholar, leader and educator whose impact will be felt for many generations. He was humble, gentle and made every student, even a wide-eyed freshman, feel comfortable in his presence.
What a treasure he was! Yet he never said a single word about it, ever, as if it was no more noteworthy — in purely human terms — than if we had shared an interest in Einstein or football or cherry pie.
I realized then that he was a man of exemplary kindness, authentic empathy, honest modesty, and profound wisdom. For a man like him to never forgot my name, nor that of countless other people on campus, meant more to me than any particular professional benefit he might have done for me.
He also genuinely cared about what people were doing, both in their jobs and everyday lives. May he therefore rest in well-deserved peace, and may his family continue to thrive in spite of their great loss today.
I was an undergraduate at Washington U. I remember Dr. Danforth walking about on the campus, smiling and greeting the students. He was a true gentleman. I remember how kindly he looked and what a nice smile he had. I am so very sorry to hear of his passing. He is part of my memories of the wonderful four years I spent at this great university and will surely be missed. My sincere condolences to his family. I cherish the memory of having Dr. Bill Danforth as an attending physician when I was in medical school Chancellor Danforth was truly one of the greatest human beings I have ever met.
I was so privileged to know him and lucky enough to cross paths with him in the hallway many times over the past ten years. He always greeting me by name, often with a hug, and always with a genuine interest in me and my family. Thank you, Dr. Danforth, for your inspiration, your leadership, your kindness and your enormous positive impact on Washington University, the entire St.
Louis community and the world. I was at Washington University from to Chancellor Danforth was a pillar of the WashU community. He was a great leader who deeply loved the students. I have the fondest memories of my time there. Two of many memories of Chancellor Danforth. I was a student member of the Board of Trustees for a year, and so had several opportunities to talk to Dr. Danforth about student concerns and needs.
I always had the feeling I was talking to an ally, not a distant administrator. He was, as others have said, truly present. He was also present at a performance of a comedy troupe I started with Jim McLindon called the Bear Ass meant to be an abbreviation for Association.
Danforth attended a show we did at Wohl Center, and when we saw them out in the audience we realized that 40 percent of the show was more or less profane and the rest satirized the WashU administration. But the two of them laughed through the whole show and still talked to us afterwards. Always gracious, unfailingly kind. I transferred into WashU in , and was promised that, although I could not get into housing that year, I would be able to do so the following year. While I have known him for nearly 50 years, my very first memory of Bill Danforth revealed much of his character.
In the fall of , several months after he had begun his tenure as chancellor, I was invited to an Interfraternity Council retreat to address the perpetual problems that result when college-age males live together. Fraternities were held in low esteem generally then and were a major pain to the university. So, it was a great surprise when Bill Danforth showed up our meeting to introduce himself, ask questions and engage with us. His unassuming manner and pragmatic approach made a huge impression on the year-old me.
He was always the same person. He has been my model of servant leadership for nearly 50 years and he will dearly missed. I remember meeting with Dr.
Danforth and his wife at a luncheon at their home for incoming freshmen undergraduate scholars Langsdorf, Mylonas and Lien. I met him and spoke with him several times. He was intelligent, friendly and nice. During the Fall of , while I was working on Campus as a freshman enforcing parking rule part of my work-study program for tuition aid , I gave a parking ticket to a car parked in front of the steps leading up to the Quad.
Remember, laughing out loud and wondering if I was still eligible to graduate. Chancellor Danforth later shared with me that he also laughed about it. He was such a gentle, kind and extremely giving soul and I remember him fondly.
Chancellor Danforth was such a strong supporter of athletics and our volleyball team. He came to matches, took time to speak with us, and had our team over for dinner after we won our National Championships. He had such a powerful presence, yet it was comforting to be around him. I am a Psychology PhD alum. September 3, March 19, Honoring the eight lives lost in Atlanta and the 3, Asian Americans targeted in hate incidents in the last year. Fall on Campus While the pandemic continues to be part of the picture, at WashU, life moves forward.
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