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Richard Maurer
June 29, 2024
Phil was my mentor at the University of Texas at Austin from 1970 to 1973. This wasn´t in chemistry but comparative literature, which just shows what an inquisitive and wide-ranging mind he had. I was a freshman when I signed up for his acting seminar-quite by chance since I wasn´t particularly interested in theater, and it was the only seminar that was open. He had studied acting in New York as a diversion from his graduate program in chemistry at Columbia, and he stayed devoted to the craft and the humanities in general. It was one of the liveliest courses I took. After my freshman year I would often stop by his notoriously cluttered office in the chemistry department for long discussions on literary matters-especially poetry, which he himself practiced with some flair. Phil sponsored me in UT´s Junior Fellows Program and served as my advisor on independent studies concerning poetic translation, which he absorbed as avidly as I did. I´m certain that he championed my election to Phi Beta Kappa, since it was a complete surprise to me. He loved Austin, but I think his eclecticism got him in trouble with his department, which is why he ended up in San Antonio. We continued to talk at length by phone after I moved to New York and later Cambridge, Mass. He was a lovely guy, I owe him a lot, and I shall always cherish his friendship.
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