An ode in memory of dear Laura.

• Author: Simon, John
• Position: Former Case Western Reserve University School of Law professor - Testimonial

Because Professor Harvey Dale and I shared several activities with our wonderful colleague, Laura Chisolm--writing a nonprofit institutions book chapter, (1) participation in the Nonprofit Forum ("NP Forum") and the National Center on Philanthropy and the Law ("NCPL"), as well as involvement with the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations ("Mandel")--my own prose covering these interactions would track Harvey's account to a point suggestive of plagiarism. Accordingly, I am at a point where words fail, as the saying goes, but they fail a little less, perhaps, if I turn from prose to poetry (or at least some brief doggerel) to cover some of the Dale-Simon common ground--and to convey my appreciation, bordering on worship, of Laura: wonderful scholar, colleague and friend. Now the little ode:

Laura's life was one great story, Every chapter rates applause. Lawyer, teacher, scholar, mother-- Did it all without a pause. Everywhere that Laura walked she Offered wit and wisdom too. To Mandel she gave sound counsel, As...