The loss of Shelly has made my world less appealing, a lot less appealing.  It was my pleasure to have made his acquaintance.  
neil

We met at Stuyvesant long ago.  Shelly was the kid from Brooklyn with a flat top haircut.  Smart too.  His dad was a professional painter - a house painter.  About 12 years ago, we reconnected when I saw a reference to him in the NYTimes.  I'm glad we did.  Tho our politics differed, he was smart, articulate, gracious, open minded, and humble.  I sent him an e mail a few days ago and learned that he was gone.  I will miss him. I will remember him.  A very special person.

Has some one sent Stuyvesant High School an obit?

neil marmor
Stuyvesant HS, 6/59.