MR. Clench

[Grkovich, Alex]

I never knew Harry Clench, but I did know Paul Grey (and his wife). I can
add one comment based upon my having known Mr. Grey: That his knowledge
didn't have to come from a piece of paper; rather it came from and grew out
of a deep love and respect for the Things which the Creator of the Universe
has given us for our Edification and for the Creator Himself, and also out
of a deep love for those of whose with whom he came into contact and came to
know.

Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ron Gatrelle [SMTP:gatrelle at tils-ttr.org]
> Sent:	Monday, October 22, 2001 1:12 PM
> To:	Leps-l
> Subject:	MR. Clench
> 
> Both Chris Durden and Ken Philip recently posted that one of the
> influencers (mentors?) in their entomological lives was Mr. Harry Clench.
> He was very influential in my development as a taxonomist.  And a great
> many others on this list and elsewhere will say dittos.
> 
> Harry never did get around to getting a PhD.  It didn't matter to anyone I
> know.  His expertise was not based on a piece of paper it was based on
> what
> he knew - both learned and discovered.
> 
> In age, Harry was younger then Ken and Chris and older than I.  Yet he
> influenced all.  There are very few today who work with butterflies of his
> caliber in my opinion.  A couple I can think of we don't hear much from
> anymore.  Cliff Ferris is one who comes to mind. I hear he is dealing
> mostly with moths now, and because of past flaming no longer has an
> interest in publishing his understandings of butterfly systematics ( ? )
> If
> so, too bad for the rest of us.
> 
> Ron Gatrelle
> 
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