Fw: Otis — Note of G. Norman to Forward or to Post

[james kracht]

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Date: Friday, December 2, 2016 12:54 pm
Subject: Otis - Note of G. Norman to Forward or to Post

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> Please forward. Or, Ida, Mike, and/or Sarah, please post via my accounts.
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> Greetings:
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> I am disheartened to learn of the passing of Mr. Otis, a great friend and mentor of mine.
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> I knew him, or met him, when I was more involved with ACB related activities. He never hesitated to speak for me when I helped with organizing the meetings of the American Association of Visually Impaired Attorneys.
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> Of more importance than ACB, he was a giant of a good man, the kind of lawyer statesman we need in the craft. he was always an encouraging source of wisdom and guidance in my life as a law student and, then, young lawyer.
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> While I had not spoken with him in many years; I thought of him warmly.
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> His character, his charm, and his incredible mind, would have made him rite worthy of being a Mason brother, or at least in attending one of my Norman-Marshall social levies I hold regularly in brokering men of good report together. I will regret I never made this happen.
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> I hope that, now you have played down your working tools, you entertain the celestial lodge above with your erudite and weighty constitutional law and history lectures, good sir.
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> Fraternally,
> Gary C. Norman, Esq.. L.L.M.
> Attorney, Consultant, and Mediator
> www.gnormanlaw.com