Friday, June 6, 2025
Gil was my colleague, friend, and valued preceptor in the UNB Department of History for twenty-five years. Always the most gentle and perceptive of historians, for Gil world history was a moral stage, the conundrums and tragic lessons of which it was his high calling to share with students and colleagues. He brought to that calling the many talents, including humility and sincerity, which made him one of the finest undergraduate teachers UNB has ever seen. I will never forget his backhand (at tennis), his lethal martinis, and his inimitable classroom style that left me, as well as a generation of UNB students, in constant awe. Deepest condolences to Sandra and to the entire family on their great loss.
