Gary A. Davis

This is such a loss to his family, his friends and his admirers in the world of research and education in creativity and giftedness. He was a brilliant scholar and writer and my convivial colleague at the University of Wisconsin.

I was in Tae Kwon Do with Dr. Davis. He was a great training partner. Our mutual enjoyment of running also led us to run the Syttende Mai together. He won. He also mentored me and helped me during my early college years at UW. I lost contact when I moved away, but I will always remember him as a good friend and mentor.

Gary was such a wonderful person and leader in our field. Among my favorite memories was how thoroughly and carefully he edited my chapter in the Handbook of Gifted Education. I learned from this process and his patience draft after draft. I'm pretty sure I had never before or since received such attention to my writing.