I'm afraid I never met Geoff and my communication with him was limited to an exchange of emails earlier this year. I was struck at that time by his perception and sense of decency, as well as the trouble he took to respond to my enquiry; one which could have been easily dismissed.
No doubt much of the success of MLU is due to this wisdom and ability to manage sometimes difficult personalities. Something we would all do well to emulate.
I have the impression that he was a modest man and reading here that he felt he was born "a generation too late", I can't help thinking that he was probably one of those whose character brings them to the front in wartime, when the service of a cause brings out a determination that the pursuit of mere personal ambitions does not in that more selfless type of person.
I hope he is with those whom he admired.
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