tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127791227027841889.post2589389820349073436..comments2022-05-10T16:37:50.760-07:00Comments on PR Prof in Poland: My Host UniversityAlan Freitaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04545911954733502214noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127791227027841889.post-60513982618489240482015-12-07T01:24:27.482-08:002015-12-07T01:24:27.482-08:00Dear Ms Galvin,
Thank you so much for the kind wo...Dear Ms Galvin,<br /><br />Thank you so much for the kind words and for alerting me to your father's memoirs. As soon as I read your comments, I quickly ordered the book on my Kindle, and I'm well into it already. What a marvelous writer he is! His style is so fluid I can hear the words on the page in his own voice. What a joy it would be to discuss the book with him.<br /><br />When my wife and I visited Gen. and Mrs. Galvin at their home in Atlanta a few years ago, I brought him a copy of my book, Global Public Relations: Spanning Borders, Spanning Cultures. I inscribed it to him, telling him how much he influenced my desire to write the book. He took a genuine interest in it, carefully reviewing the table of contents to see how I had organized it. I'm sure he never read it, but that was not my point -- I just wanted him to have a copy and know that he played an instrumental role in inspiring it.<br /><br />If I ever have the opportunity to teach a course in leadership, and I hope I will, your father's book will be required reading. I so enjoy how he describes so many instances throughout his life, however trivial they might appear, that in some way shaped his understanding of the responsibilities and characteristics of effective leadership. His humility shines through as he relates even his mistakes and how they contributed to the deepening and sharpening of the skills that propelled him to positions of consequence.<br /><br />Warmest wishes to you from Poznan, Poland. Alan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545911954733502214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127791227027841889.post-31179688138362907072015-12-05T09:55:33.505-08:002015-12-05T09:55:33.505-08:00Professor, he did, indeed, complete his memoir, wh...Professor, he did, indeed, complete his memoir, which was published in April as "Fighting the Cold War: A Soldier's Memoir." His daughter, I like to think the book captured all of what you've so generously described and more. It's replete with telling anecdotes (he was a meticulous note-taker and his memoir draws heavily on his thousands of 3x5" cards and weekly letters home to his father). Thank you for the touching remembrance.KGalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13402116164826084553noreply@blogger.com