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adyonka
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 Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:13 pm Post subject: RIP Dr. Philip Shriver |
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| Swoop's Official Miami University Athletics Fan Page wrote: | | It is a sad day for the entire Miami University family...Dr. Shriver passed away last night. Thoughts and love to the entire Shriver family and the entire Miami Family. To Think in Such a Place I Led Such a Life..... |
Love and Honor to Dr. Shriver, his family, his friends, and the Miami community.
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One of the most engaging and amazing people to ever walk the campus. I'll never forget his History of Miami class, and thus will never forget him.
He was also my dad's academic advisor at Kent State in the early 60's.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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Amazing man who lived an amazing life. His service to Miami and to his country are admirable to say the least -a true Miami legend the likes of which we're not likely to see again
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Very sad. Paul Pearson was president of Miami University during my time as a student, but Dr. Philip Shriver was and will forever be everyone's president of Miami University. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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True Miami legend.
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Dr. Shriver was the epitome of class and was a great leader of Miami during some very troubling times. During the "riots" during the Vietnam era, his steadiness not only served the university, but the entire Oxford community.
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My thoughts go out to the entire Shriver family. Dr. Shriver was a great man, there will never be anyone like him to grace Miami with their presence again.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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Phil Shriver stands with the best of those who ever led this institution.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Phil Shriver is a Miami legend. For many years he and Martha sat in front of me at the Old Goggin. I think my most memorable recollection would be the speech he gave to the student body at a jampacked Withrow Court shortly after the student takeover of the ROTC building and the teargassing and arrests of many students during Vietnam protests in 1970 (about a week prior to the Kent State shootings). When I think of a president of Miami University, Phil Shriver will always be the man who comes to mind. His family has always been the first family of Miami.
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I was fortunate enough to have him not only as the University President for all 4 years but I also took his 5 credit hour Oho history class. He exuded class, grace and dignity in every way. His passing is truly, truly a sad event.
A great man. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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He will always be remembered as the original Dr. Phil.
Great man with whom I had many pleasant conversations over the years.
My thoughts go out to the Shriver family.
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Dr Shriver was always kind in passing in the halls to me or when running into him at Bob Evans or at a sporting event. I had the fortune to meet Dr Shriver at a dinner 11 years ago, and I was lucky enough to sit next to him for the night. Just a fantastic man who understood the Miami culture and the Miami way better than any person I've ever met.
My thoughts to his wife Martha, daughters Darcy, Carolyn, Susan, & Melinda, and son Scott right now. |
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I know of no greater Miamian than Dr. Shriver. May he rest in peace.
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Miami lost a legend today. RIP
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It is a sad day. I had little, if any, interaction with Dr. Shriver, but I feel like I knew him personally. he had a great impact on Miami and I know I will never forget his contributions.
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Relative to Miami itself, Dr. Shriver and Walter Havighurst have to be the most significant Miamians of the last century.
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| DICK wrote: | | Phil Shriver is a Miami legend. For many years he and Martha sat in front of me at the Old Goggin. I think my most memorable recollection would be the speech he gave to the student body at a jampacked Withrow Court shortly after the student takeover of the ROTC building and the teargassing and arrests of many students during Vietnam protests in 1970 (about a week prior to the Kent State shootings). When I think of a president of Miami University, Phil Shriver will always be the man who comes to mind. His family has always been the first family of Miami. |
Could you characterize the speech from your perspective, for most of us who were not there (or not born yet  ?
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Chris W wrote: | | I know of no greater Miamian than Dr. Shriver. May he rest in peace. |
Fully agree. Nobody else even comes close!
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To fallen Comrades! :hoist:
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| csu94 wrote: | | DICK wrote: | | Phil Shriver is a Miami legend. For many years he and Martha sat in front of me at the Old Goggin. I think my most memorable recollection would be the speech he gave to the student body at a jampacked Withrow Court shortly after the student takeover of the ROTC building and the teargassing and arrests of many students during Vietnam protests in 1970 (about a week prior to the Kent State shootings). When I think of a president of Miami University, Phil Shriver will always be the man who comes to mind. His family has always been the first family of Miami. |
Could you characterize the speech from your perspective, for most of us who were not there (or not born yet ? |
Those were intense and heated times in America. By 1970 most people realized that we were not going to win in Vietnam, in fact we were not really trying to win, but just kept sending guys over their to kill or be killed. Unlike modern wars, every male Miamian was subject to the draft once student deferments were done away with, depending on a number you drew out of a lottery. President Nixon wanted an honorable way to end the war, by this time most young peole just wanted any way to end the war. We had guys coming back from Vietnam and telling us what a ridiculous situation it had become and by 1970 few were willing to go and put their lives on the line for nothing.
When Nixon announced troop increases, that kind of blew the lid off of everything that Spring, and Miami, then Ohio State, and finally Kent State all erupted in ever increasing clashs and violence.
After a "fairly radical" group of Miami students took over the ROTC building (a sitin) the Ohio National guard and Butler County police were called to Oxford and they were dragging people out by their hair and trying to do it as painfully as possible and started teargassing everybody outside the building when people started yelling at them. This led to a long night of incidents.
Shriver's speech following these incidents had a pep rally type of atmosphere and his basic message (as near as I can remember after all these years) was that we were a University and we needed to hold onto that and their would be an emphasis in all the classes to discuss the war and options of what could be done through the system and he asked us to work through the university and not tear it apart.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| It's like losing a family member. Hence the name Uncle Phil that so many called him when I was a student. |
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| Chris W wrote: | | I know of no greater Miamian than Dr. Shriver. May he rest in peace. |
Chris W sums it up perfectly.
Rest in peace, Dr. Shriver.
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The thing I was always impressed with in regards to Dr. Shriver is summed up simply: students listen to university presidents because they more or less have to. Dr. Shriver listened to students because he wanted to...and he always wanted to.
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