{"id":6233,"date":"2020-05-03T15:12:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T22:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6233"},"modified":"2020-05-11T14:31:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T21:31:41","slug":"henry-denny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6233","title":{"rendered":"Henry Denny: In Memoriam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Shawn and John Hamilton, Henry J. Denny<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Henry J. Denny, the teacher through whom I met White Bear,\ndied at his home on Friday, April 24th<\/sup>  in Chino Valley, Arizona. He was 79.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the late 1970s Henry was my high school history and anthropology teacher at Loara High School in Anaheim, California. I was not conforming well to the social pressures of high school, and Henry made life much easier for me\u00e2\u20ac\u201dby talking to my other teachers and even starting a class specifically for me and a few other students that used Edgar Cayce\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s book on Atlantis as its textbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry recognised certain skills or talents in me that I\ndidn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know I possessed, allowing me to give talks to all of his classes on such\nunconventional topics as the social commentaries of comedian-activist, Dick\nGregory. Those experiences contributed to my having become reasonably\ncomfortable and proficient as a public speaker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an anthropology teacher, Henry escorted some of my\nclassmates and me to Silverado Canyon, where we dug marine fossils out of\ncliffs. That really drove home the fact that this part of southern California\nhad once been under water. Henry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s classes were fun\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand more genuinely educational\nthe most of my other classes. He provided a model of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ideal teacher\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that I\nhave tried to live up to in my own teaching career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the context in which Henry introduced me to White\nBear during the summers of 1977 and 1978. What I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m calling the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153K\u00c3\u00a1sskara\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\nseries on the Hopi is a direct result of Henry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s influence. Henry is proof that\none well-intended teacher can make a major difference in the life of a student.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry also served as a surrogate grandfather to my son,\nJohn, whose biological grandfathers had died before his birth. He always\nremembered John on his birthdays and sent him gifts for Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really appreciate what Henry did for me and others over\nthe decades, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so happy he was able to see the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153K\u00c3\u00a1sskara\u00e2\u20ac\u009d series\npublished before his transition! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sure will miss him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawn Hamilton, Sacramento, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

26 April 2020 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Henry J. Denny, the teacher through whom I met White Bear, died at his home on Friday, April 24th  in Chino Valley, Arizona. He was 79. In the late 1970s Henry was my high school history and anthropology teacher at Loara High School in Anaheim, California. 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