Comments on: Dr. Lee T. Lemon

By: patti2682@gmail.com

patti2682@gmail.com — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 23:51:42 +0000

In reply to Bob Reeves. Professor Lemon was a tremendous teacher and scholar. He challenged my mind every class I took from him. I often think and repeat what he taught me about writing and literature. He and Marie were mentors during my college career at UNL.

By: 1971 student

1971 student — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:44:43 +0000

Dr. Lemon’s wisdom and charitable sympathy were truly exemplary as both scholar and teacher. He influences me in the present, though I merely sat in a class of his in the late sixties and seventies – in his passion for literature, the breadth of his interests, the wisdom of his interpretations, and his ability to not just make the literature live but apply those insights to the world. Forty years later, his core arguments were quoted in my syllabi and his anecdotes peppered my lectures. A friend’s poetry in those years owed much to Lemon’s freshman English class, Partial Critics was a treasured book I passed on to my son-in-law as he started grad school. He touched many of us who didn’t know him personally but felt the warmth he brought to his discipline and the discipline he brought to close reading.

By: Nesha Schumann

Nesha Schumann — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:33:53 +0000

Dr. Lemon was one of my favorite UNL Professors. He was the best! He excused me from the last week of his class in the summer of 1970 so that I could get married and begin my first teaching position at Lincoln Northeast. Of course I would teach English as inspired by Dr. Lemon. I remember Dr. Lemon very fondly.

By: Joe/Cathy Dorenbach

Joe/Cathy Dorenbach — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 20:25:29 +0000

To the Dawson/Lemon family members:

Please accept our condolences on Lee’s passing. He sounds like he was a remarkable fellow and his presence will be missed.

By: Bob Reeves

Bob Reeves — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 18:03:11 +0000

Lee was a regular at our Great Books discussions for several years. He was always full of sharp wit and his mind was packed with knowledge of about books, authors and their milieu. He enriched our discussions immeasurably, and we really enjoyed knowing him.