John Devine

Dr. Jack made me feel welcome and accepted. He loved his children and the love of his life, Miss Adair. His warmth and exuberance for life will live on in all of us who are missing him. Aloha, Dr. Jack.

Among the many life lessons that dad taught me, the one that stands out the most is his compassion for all living things. He had a great understanding for the complexities of the world we live in. He was also very humble about his place and our place as a family. Dad's love was unconditional for his family and his wife. He was very understanding about the trials and tribulations we all faced as children and was also there to lend and support a guiding hand. He believed that his children...

Although Dr. Devine had said "The greatest calling anyone can have is to be a teacher", I'm greatful to have known Dr. Devine as a father through his sons and daughters.

The best Father that a daughter could have.

I express my deepest sympathy to Mrs. Devine and her family on their loss. As part of the USF School of Education community, I feel this great loss as well. As his former department's program assistant, I met Dr. Devine in 2000 and continually enjoyed chatting with him when he came in; to hear about his fishing stories, the history of the School and many other topics was very enjoyable. I greatly admired him for his obvious dedication to students and education in addition to being a very kind...

Our sincerest condolences.

To the Devine family,
I also was a student of Dr. Devine. He tried very hard to get me to understand statistics but he never gave up. Wonderful fishing stories I remember not the statistics though!We need more men like him.

My deepest sympathy and condolences to the Devine family on John's passing.
Whenever I visited the Devine home as a young boy and teenager John was always friendly and kind to me. I can still remember his humor, wit and gentleness.
John's warm "hello" while he was sitting in his favorite reading chair I often think of even after 40 years have passed since we last spoke.
John's love of his family, service to his country, academic achievements and professional...