Edward "Mike" Jayne III

I met Mike in 1982 before ever taking a class of his, as he was a force in the English Dept. @ Western MI Univ. when I was a student there. As an undergraduate a little later in time I had Mike as a professor in a Freudian/Marxian Literary Criticism seminar, which was both lively and learned. He was the most exacting reader I've personally met, whose capacious note-taking/self indexing informed my own later reading habits. As a grad student, I was his assistant in Gen. Ed. literature/lecture...

My Condolences to all the family and friends.

Dr. Jayne was my English professor at WMU IN 1989. As an Accountancy major in my last semester, I was not expecting to enjoy English literature as much as I did. As I´m sure his former students remember, he was a force to reckon with. His humor, intelligence and at times shocking presentation of Greek mythology, the Bible, and my personal favorite "Madame Bovary" will always be treasured memories. Imagine my surprise when, a few years later, I bought my first house and discovered that Dr....