INTERVIEW
I met Professor Vernon Ingraham in the fall of 1966 when I first started teaching at the then SMTI (Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute), and we became instantaneous friends. My friendship with this remarkably witty, affable and erudite man has only grown over the years, and now 87, Vern retains his eternal optimism, ineffable joie de vivre, rapier wit and stellar erudition.
Professor Ingraham retired from teaching in 1986 and taught part time, as he says, “with a full-time schedule” until 2004.
What I vividly recall is how many interests Ingraham brought to his classes, and how he could readily share his unbridled intellectual enthusiasm for the subjects he taught. What he gave to his classes was a way of looking at — and thinking about —l ife with all its ramifications.
His students all received much more than an education; they received a way of living and new vistas vis-à-vis life. Succinctly stated, he was the quintessentially excellent professor, and his students loved him deeply. They still do today!
I interviewed my friend for Prime Times in mid-May, 2012.
this is a must read in the June/July issue of Prime Times
