SAUL RUBIN

From our freshman days in Welch Hall in 1966, Saul was one of the fixtures of my Yale life and beyond. As a dropout the next year, I moved to the Boston area and found a new circle of friends thanks to Saul, including my first serious romance. Over the years, through Saul's early health crisis and discovery of his career calling as a bespoke carpenter and cabinet-maker, we kept in touch intermittently, the most enduring of my Yale friendships. Along the way, his sister Trudy also became a...

Saul's presence was such a part of our Arlington home -- the beautiful cherry library he fitted so painstakingly to a 100 year-old room without a straight line, as he said, the pillar on the porch that so closely matched the originals it became a game to figure which one it was, the elegant dressing room that saved our bedroom from becoming a heap of clothes, and a little table to fit a tile picture we bought in Mexico. As much as the work, it was the time he spent with us making those...

So sorry to hear this news. Saul seemed a wonderful presence and very gentle soul. Warm thoughts to Syrl and the family.