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(WISE) BILL WAS WELL
INFORMED ABOUT NUMEROUS FIELDS OF STUDY AND HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF THE WORLD.
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(INSPIRING) BILL INSPIRED
MANY STUDENTS WHEN HE TAUGHT IN THE CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING PROGRAM.
L
(LOYAL) BILL ALWAYS KEPT IN
TOUCH WITH FACULTY AND FRIENDS IN THE CCT PROGRAM BY SENDING THOUGHTFUL NOTES
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF HIS ART SHOWS.
L
(LUCID) BILL WAS EXTREMELY
CLEAR IN HIS EXPLANATIONS ABOUT CREATIVE IDEAS.
I
(INNOVATIVE) BILL WAS
ALWAYS INVESTIGATING NEW FORMS OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION, EVEN ATTEMPTING TO FIND
A WAY FOR HUMANS TO FLY.
A
(ACCOMPLISHED) BILL WAS AN
ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST AS EVIDENCED BY THIS REMARKABLE SHOW HERE AT UMASS BOSTON.
M
(MATHEMATICAL) BILL ENJOYED
DISCUSSING MATHEMATICAL IDEAS AND PUBLISHED A LOVELY ILLUSTRATED
CHILDREN’S BOOK ON NUMBERS.
O
(OPEN-MINDED) BILL WAS
TOLERANT OF DIFFERENCES AND RESPECTED OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS.
A
(AMIABLE) BILL WAS ALWAYS
FRIENDLY AND GOOD NATURED.
K
(KIND) BILL WAS VERY
THOUGHTFUL AND SHOWED COMPASSION FOR OTHERS.
E
(ENTHUSIASTIC) BILL HAD AN
UNUSUAL ZEST FOR LIFE.
S
(SENSATIONAL) BILL’S
LEGACY OF WONDERFULLY CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS IS TRULY SPECTACULAR AND
SENSATIONAL.
I SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER WILLIAM OAKES FOR HIS FINE ARTISTIC TALENT, WARM WELCOMING SMILE, AND COLORFUL BERET PERCHED ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD. MY LIFE HAS BEEN ENRICHED BY HIS FRIENDSHIP.