I’m so sad to hear this news. I was one of Dr. Cameron’s Great Books GSIs for two years, 1999-2001. As a law student who initially applied to be a GSI largely to avoid paying out-of-state law school tuition, I worked harder to prepare my GB lessons than I did for my own law classes; under Dr. Cameron’s mentorship I came to love teaching and gained the confidence to do so, and what I absorbed as a Great Books GSI continues to inform my life far more than almost anything I learned in law school. Dr. Cameron recruited his GSIs carefully, seeking out people who loved teaching and knowledge and (at least in my experience) weeding out grad students who saw teaching as a chore in exchange for their own education. I did my very best to justify his decision to hire a law student with no particular background in Great Books. He had been teaching the course for almost 50 years when I worked for him, but his lectures remained full of energy and interest. He is mourned and will be much missed.
So great! Thank you Jeff! I loved my Uncle Don!
I’m so sad to hear this news. I was one of Dr. Cameron’s Great Books GSIs for two years, 1999-2001. As a law student who initially applied to be a GSI largely to avoid paying out-of-state law school tuition, I worked harder to prepare my GB lessons than I did for my own law classes; under Dr. Cameron’s mentorship I came to love teaching and gained the confidence to do so, and what I absorbed as a Great Books GSI continues to inform my life far more than almost anything I learned in law school. Dr. Cameron recruited his GSIs carefully, seeking out people who loved teaching and knowledge and (at least in my experience) weeding out grad students who saw teaching as a chore in exchange for their own education. I did my very best to justify his decision to hire a law student with no particular background in Great Books. He had been teaching the course for almost 50 years when I worked for him, but his lectures remained full of energy and interest. He is mourned and will be much missed.