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<\/a>The Energizer Bunny is the marketing icon and mascot of Energizer batteries in the U.S. and Canada. It is a pink mechanical toy rabbit wearing sunglasses and blue and black striped sandals that beats a bass drum \u2013 and keeps going and going and going. I used to tease Lew about the likeness between the two of them \u2013 and would actually feel that he must have access to a source of energy that was denied to the rest of us. The Director of NYU\u2019s Postdoctoral Program, IARPP\u2019s first president, prolific author, international lecturer, a wizard at expanding the publication reach of relational writings, etc., etc. But the aspects of that \u201cbunny\u201d image that move me most when I think of Lew are the sunglasses \u2013 and especially the striped sandals.<\/p>\nThere was the guitar \u2013 and Lew\u2019s love of Eric Clapton. Frankly he didn\u2019t look<\/em> like the type, but that did not stop him. He felt<\/em> like the type. And there was his lovable impishness, an unending supply of good will and ease of connecting \u2013 not just with others who had attained fame in the field but with everyone who needed a hand. Anyone <\/em>might be wearing those sandals.<\/p>\nI have heard countless stories over the years of his warm and generous response to students who needed some support, to colleagues who lacked confidence in being published. I have personally appreciated his willingness over the years to provide me with exact references for material I could recall reading but had no clue where. And he would provide those references within about 5 minutes of receiving my email! <\/em>Lew embodied the \u201cmutuality\u201d about which he wrote. He could find in himself the capacity to warmly engage with so many different kinds of people \u2013 engage in a way where people felt truly met, that he grasped their strengths, appreciated their unique qualities \u2013 he \u201cgot them.\u201d<\/p>\nLew seemed unstoppable. Until now \u2013<\/p>\n
In his honor, let us all don our sunglasses and sandals and march on. We need to hold onto his kind of presence in our world.<\/p>\n
Love to Lew,<\/p>\n
Margaret Black Mitchell (USA), Vice-President<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MBlack2www.jpg\")
<\/a>Margaret Black Mitchell, LCSW (USA)
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<\/a>The Energizer Bunny is the marketing icon and mascot of Energizer batteries in the U.S. and Canada. It is a pink mechanical toy rabbit wearing sunglasses and blue and black striped sandals that beats a bass drum \u2013 and keeps going and going and going. I used to tease Lew about the likeness between the two of them \u2013 and would actually feel that he must have access to a source of energy that was denied to the rest of us. The Director of NYU\u2019s Postdoctoral Program, IARPP\u2019s first president, prolific author, international lecturer, a wizard at expanding the publication reach of relational writings, etc., etc. But the aspects of that \u201cbunny\u201d image that move me most when I think of Lew are the sunglasses \u2013 and especially the striped sandals.<\/p>\n