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mairving · 01-14-2015 04:24 PM

Former University of Memphis provost Ralph Faudree dies

Not sure if the CA is premium so here is the Flyer story:
Former U of M Provost Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

~~Brother Bluto~~ · 01-14-2015 04:25 PM

RIP

holysheetman · 01-14-2015 04:26 PM

Wow

Latilleon · 01-14-2015 04:56 PM

RIP

The amount of pain he must have been having...

RCM1029 · 01-14-2015 05:00 PM

Dr. Faudree's wife, Patricia, was a former client of mine and I had the pleasure of meeting him on a few occasions. Very gentle man with a wonderfully humble spirit. I'm very saddened.

midtowncowboy · 01-14-2015 05:59 PM

I took an upper level Linear Algebra class from Dr Faudree in a pre-summer sessions. 3 weeks of hell. He was a nice man.

John44932 · 01-14-2015 07:41 PM

This is terrible.

I met him by chance my graduating year through a friend. He was extremely nice and helpful. I actually ended up having a problem with an admin, and he told me to tell the person to call Ralph if there is a problem. He made sure I graduated 03-wink

He was a math genius. He helped with some difficult math problems I had, and I had no idea at the time what his credentials were. Later on in grad school, I came across a paper with his name. I had no idea his Erdős number was 1. He actually has an entry on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Faudree

I really hate to hear this. I was even more stunned when I clicked the article and it said from a self inflicted gunshot wound.

twcoleman · 01-14-2015 07:48 PM

Sorry to hear this, RIP!

ddramone · 01-14-2015 08:37 PM

Such a shocker....smart, well respected, obviously well liked by family and peers. Smh

tigertom · 01-14-2015 10:47 PM

One of the very best at the U of M. May he rest in peace.

He led through some tough time.

Peace & comfort to his family.

shere khan · 01-14-2015 11:02 PM

i remember him being maybe a dean and the math teacher everybody wanted because he was really good although i never took a course from him.

truly sad

danny1 · 01-15-2015 07:36 AM

I was fortunate to to have Dr. Faudree teach my "Concepts of Numbers" class way back in 1981. He was a wonderful instructor who was brilliant, but he didn't act like he was brilliant. He was very nice and always took the time to explain the subject matter in such a way that even a "mathematically challenged" person like myself could understand. In fact, he explained things so well that I earned a B in his glass.

Dr. Faudree was a great man, a leader with vision and he brought much respect and recognition to Memphis State/The University of Memphis. He will be sorely missed.

Prayers for his family, friends and colleagues. May he rest in peace.

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