For Andrew Patner

Photo: Israel Wright.

It's difficult to bring myself to write this, because I do not yet accept it, but my close friend Andrew Patner, one of the wisest and most generous people I have known, died this morning in Chicago. For the moment, I can't find more words than that, but obituaries in the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune and on the website of WFMT give an idea of Andrew's accomplishments. It was a joy to have him in my life, and I miss him terribly.