Edward Morris

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The concept of the “butterfly effect” is that a small stimulus — say the flapping of a butterfly's wings — can with time, distance and accretion result in a large consequence — say a tornado. Ray Brack was our family's butterfly. Between 1960 and 1970, I had taught writing, literature and journalism at four different colleges in Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Alas, I was not much of a scholar — no PhD, no publications and no vaulting ambition to move up in the profession.