When George was diagnosed with Cancer, we all went to spend a week in Florida. We all knew this was going to be the last time we get spend family time with him.  During the week, when the kids went out to the pool or to get food with Marcia and Ellie- I'd stay in with George.

I still remember my the first day of teaching Finance 401 in 1987 for master's students. George was sitting right in front, and I thought I was being audited by the school. When I began to check the attending students against my class list- I quickly learned George was a student enrolled in the class. George was in his 60's and had never had the chance to go to college when he was young, but with grit and determination, he decided to put himself not only through undergrad, but also graduate school after he retired. George never missed a class and was an exemplary student. I remember the rest of the class just being inspired by his presence, but furthermore his happiness to help anyone in the class. George was one of by favorite students and favorite people. He is missed dearly.

George came to our little town all the way from New York to help us get our restaurant started. He was an easy teacher to learn from- I remember when we had our first kitchen fire. George was out in front- we didn't know what to do and were kind of freaking out. We were running around looking for the fire extinguisher. He just took the giant soup pot and poured it over the fire. Poof. We all just started laughing. We were blessed to have George in Kentucky.