Summary
Perhaps most interesting are the essays by Engels' students, who agree that he was a tough professor - and the kind you don't forget. John D. Wagner, now a prolific author of how-to books, remembers dubbing Professor Engels the "E-Man," because he laid down "august, sweeping judgments" with an Iman's authority. But, he concludes, "Without [John Engels], I would likely be selling used cars or storm windows in northern New Jersey." And '06 graduate Molly McGillicuddy quotes Engels' parting words to her Hemingway seminar: "I wish you all success in your lives. And change your socks regularly."
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Friends and Students Remember a Poet Writ Large
He was a professor famous for not giving As. A poker player who pranked his friends with whoopee cushions. A fly-fisherman, ...
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