Condolences from Howard Franklin - a former Jack PhD student

Dear Carolyn, Courtney, and Jonathan,

My deepest condolences on Prof. Howard’s passing. I was a doctoral student and post-doc of his between 1977 and 1981.

Prof. Howard was a wonderful teacher, supervisor, and human being. He did me personal kindnesses that made a major difference to my life and my career. He was warm, kind, funny, gentle, and a very great pleasure to work for and with. I actually did not select my PhD thesis topic, I first selected him as the supervisor I really wanted to work for and then selected whatever he was working on as my thesis topic. I have had many reasons over the years to be thankful for my choice.

May your family know of no more sorrows.

Howard Franklin