Dave Risling Has Passed On

It has been about ten years since I last saw Dave Risling. He was a founder of Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University and professor at U.C. Davis. He was an activist and an academic, a creative force in the shaping of practice and of theory. And he was a man with a good sense of humor and an even stronger sense of humanity. During one of my summers as academic coordinator and economics instructor in the Rural Development Leadership Institute at U.C. Davis I had an office next to Dave's. It was one of the most enjoyable of the many summers I spent at Davis. Dave, you will be missed. But one day, I will once again have the honor of hearing your stories.