Jean F. Goetinck

Jean, rust in vrede aan de Familie bied ik mijn oprechte deelneming in de rouw aan jou genealogie collega uit Belgie

Good-by, monsieur. I did not know you had left us until this evening, as I read this on the internet, hoping that the reason for no response to my letter/card this winter was not what it turned out to be. As I prepare for my own delayed retirement, I help to bear witness to the enormous influence of your teaching and your humanity, as you influenced my life and inspired my decision to work in French as a major and eventually as a professor. But I remember even more than your teaching your...

Condolences from a former University of Arizona French student of Jean. He will be greatly missed.

I was profoundly sad to learn of Jean's passing and would like to express my deepest sympathies to his family and friends. He and I shared an office at the University of Arizona for a number of years; and in addition to benefiting from his erudition, wisdom, kindness, and friendship, I was constantly struck by his extraordinary commitment to, and concern for, his students and by the astounding scholarly breadth and intellectual rigor that informed his teaching. I also appreciated his sense of...