Wow. I’m so sorry that your father died. He sounds like an amazing man, and it is truly a shame that people like him are few and far between. I suppose the best thing to do is to keep on pushing so that his dreams can someday be made reality.

I am so sorry, Anthony. He was an amazing man. I send you all my love.

to Marc. who taught me the most important motto in my life today:

He who yields most can conquer that which is most hard. (The Tao)

Anthony, my condolences. Your father sounds like a wonderful man. May your memories of him be pleasant.

Much love my friend. Although I never knew him, his love, intelligence and integrity is shown thru the passionate lives of you and the rest of your family. My thoughts are with all of you.

my humble regards… anthony…

That’s terrible. Kind regards to you and your family….

Thank You Doctor

Sorry about your father, Anthony. Sounds like he was an amazing and principled man.

Your father sounds like an incredible human being, an incredible father, and an incredible force for good. I wish I had gotten the chance to meet him myself. You’re in my thoughts, and you have my heartfelt sympathy.

Thanks very much all of you. I’d like to think GNN is carrying on his life’s work, and that all of you are part of it.

Dear Anthony,
I am so sorry that you have lost your father and that the world has lost such an inspired and inspirational man. Your memorial article is beautiful. My thoughts are with you.
Love, =eep

My most sincere and humble condolences, i’m sorry to hear about your loss and after reading your article i am sorry to hear about our loss. My thoughts are with you and your family.

What I know of your father (prior to your article) comes from my father, in whose lab Marc worked and who together with my father developed much of the current knowledge about cancer immunology. I just googled Lappe + Prehn and was amazed at how many papers they co-authored in the 60’s & early 70’s. They continued their friendship for many years, at least through 1998 (I believe) when Dad was saddened by the untimely death of Marc’s new wife in a freak accident. After learning that you were Marc’s son, I asked my father about Marc, but he had no recent news. He will be very saddened to hear this – I will send him the link to your article.

My condolences.

My deepest condolences go out to you and your family. Thank you for sharing with us what kind of man your father was. I think it also offered some insight into the kind of person you’ve strived to become.
Regards,
J. Ryan

Sorry to hear about this, Anthony.

Heartfelt condolences to you and your family. He sounds like a hell of a man.

Anthony, A beautiful tribute to a beautiful man. Your dad’s spirit shines in you and your work. And, may it continue to shine in us all. Love, Britt

what can I say? My condolences

Wow, reading that article is nothing short of humbling. Your father sounds like a true, principled source of good in the world. I am sorry for you and your family’s loss.

His legacy will live on, Anthony. My deepest condolences to you and your family.

This life, you must know
as the tiny splash of a raindrop.

A thing of beauty that disappears as it comes into being.

Therefore, set your goal.
Make use of every day and every night.

Im very sorry…

Like the chrysalis which conceals a butterfly, our body is but a vehicle for the soul. You’ve had your ups and downs, mishaps and escapades, but now your near the end. The car lacks fuel, and so the spirit just steps out.

Perhaps you were fond of that old car. It may be a wrench to leave it behind. You haven’t always been as good as you should be either. But you haven’t been terribly bad. Why would the Gods allow remorse if it were futile? It doesn’t come to make you sick. It comes to heal and make amends. Life has been made up of meetings and partings, hellos and goodbyes. It took time to learn to make friends. But nothing is being cut or destroyed. This act is drawing to a close, but the curtain will rise on the next. If there is any sense of loss, there is also a sense of joining.

Where you now go, we shall follow. We imagine it is a breaking off simply because we fear we shall not see you, touch you, hear you or speak to you. But our love is so much stronger than ordinary fear … the division is due only to our being at different stages of development. You fly while we walk.

You are in the mountains while we stay on the plains. You go on before but we shall follow and all shall be one because we remain one. You were not born to be harried by dread. Learn what is there, but do not guess at what you cannot know. Knowledge will come, and you shall not be blamed for ignorance. You sought to be one with your fellows. You sought love, home, and a place to put down the roots of awareness. You found it here, with us.

There is within us a certain kind of sorrow, true, but it us the sorrow of children who do not understand why father or mother must leave them for a while. But just as those children smile with joy when the day’s end (evening) brings their loved one’s return – so we shall all be reunited at the eventide of life.

Fear not that you have or have not fulfilled this or that recipe or formula … that you have not recited this or that prayer … that you have not received this or that sacrament. God is above the rules and dogmas of men and their religions, and God can see men’s hearts more clearly than men can rumble their own infants. You heavenly father knows you better than you know yourself.

Don’t be afraid that you may not have expressed to God what you wished in your soul to convey to him. Your heart sings it. Your soul chants it. Our love confirms it. Trust. Trust now. It has not been in vain. It was all for a purpose. You tried, you did your best. The past is past. Yesterday can not be recalled and changed. All that is needed is the will to make a better today so that the world’s tomorrow shall be closer to success.

The baby is disturbed to be born, but born it must be for it’s time has come. So the human soul shrinks from dying, yet die it must when it’s time has come. The spark of life is kindled in the cave within the side of the mountain … and to the sides of that mountain we must all return. Our childhood over, we must go onward and upward. Let your soul be clothed in serenity now. Let your spirit shine with peace. You have worked in the fields and earned your rest. The worry is over. Let your going be seemly.

The soul is always concerned to leave this world in familiar surroundings. This is because home and family were the port from which we started out. It helps the spirit to be beside the faces one has loved. This assures us that the nature of the bond is changing, but not being broken. The love that was tested in life will provide an enduring truth in death.

Amado Crowley, 1994

From delusion lead me to Truth
From darkness lead me to Light
From death lead me to Eternal Life.

Hindu prayer from the Sanskrit

Take care Anthony….

Your father sounds like he was a brave and brilliant man.
Condolences.

I never met Dr Lappe, of course, but I have been a lifelong admirer of his work. The world has suffered a grave loss. My sincere condolences, this must be an incredibly difficult time for you.

What a wonderful tribute piece to have written Anthony. Thank you for taking the time to share your father with us, I hope the writing was cathartic for you and that your grief is quickly overshadowed by the urge to continue to live a life that honours him.

I admire your father for his lifelong quest for knowledge and the ethical use of technology. While markets reward the hurried risks of experimental progress, it takes courageous people with exceptional intellects to challenge the progress at all costs mentality. Acknowledging the infinite “unknown unknowns” associated with new scientific technology is a purely revolutionary act, as is placing human health, ecological sustainability, and education reform above the quick search for profit and plunder. Your father will be greatly missed by all who care about how the future unfolds. My deepest condolences to you and your family.

I’m sorry for your loss. Your father sounds like a great guy. My condolences to you and your entire family.

anthony:

i’m deeply sorry for your loss, your family’s loss, and indeed, mankind’s loss. but i’m also joyful to read this beautiful tribute to the man, and to contemplate his gifts to the planet in his short time here.

thanks for sharing his story. i hope you and your family are well.

-nick (n5t)

An inspirational life journey. My condolences, Anthony.

Your father lived quite a life. We should all be so productive. The world needs more people like him. You must be very sad. Good article.

condolences

I’m sorry for your family’s loss Anthony. Your father’s time was definitely well spent and the example he set will surely live beyond his days.

Sorry to hear about your loss, we could use more men like him in these times.

I’m sorry to hear that he passed from cancer. Take care and Be Well.

I don’t know what to say.

We’ve had a lot of losses over here in a few short years. I never had the reference before. Now I have several.

We affect each other. People want statues or plaques, or some legacy of recognition. And then there is the impression you leave behind. It’s seems the impression he made is contoured and deep. Through you and others it’s reached us here.

We affect each other.

condolences

From the pain come the dream
From the dream come the vision
From the vision come the people
From the people come the power
From this power come the change

-Peter Gabriel, Fourteen Black Paintings, Us

wow, i couldn’t articulate my thoughts and feelings upon reading your article, it was quite overwhelming… i’d only like to add that i share those thoughts and feelings expressed here, especially those of Alias, nick and gaanjah….

I imgine the honour and respect you show in writting about his life, he felt also towards yours.

Hopefully with the sadness of his passing there comes celebration of the great life he lived.

my thoughts are with you

i know many human rights lawyers who would cite Dr. Lappe’s work all the time. They were also shocked and saddened to hear of his passing. they send their regards and condolences.

Why can’t the world be blessed with more men like, Mr. Lappe?
Death is a bitch. We don’t like to think about it. We all will do it, “Die”
Life on this earth is not a test. It is one shot to live life to its fullest and to try and make a difference and to be remembered for ages.

It’s sad that the world’s ruling class can’t govern the world’s people in harmony and peace for all ages.

It’s sad Mr. Lappe had to die.

I know you are proud of your father Anthony. I wished I could say the same of mine. Makes me evious. Chin up and never forget and tell your grandchildren about him.

thanks so much to all of you
i can’t tell you how much these comments mean to me, and my family
they’ve been reading these comments, and have been very touched, and impressed with gnn community
you did me proud

Sorry to hear about your Dad. Interesting man of great integrity by the sound of it. The world is poorer.

Jim

Sounds like you can be mighty proud of your dad. Condolences and strength to you and your family.

- Richard

Thanks again for for all of your comments guys. I’ll be reading a short essay about his life this weekend on NPR’s Life on Earth, see www.loe.org for times.

Your father sounds like a “great” man, of whom we’ve had just a few, and it fits that you are so tremendously proud of him. Before I die, I’d love to have made just a tiny bit of the contribution to mankind that he has made in his lifetime. My wish is that somehow my son would remember me in the same manner – I’ll have to work a lot harder!

My condolences, of course, but celebrate the man he was and still continues to be through you and the many other lives he has touched.

please forgive the delay with which i am writing to express my heartfelt condolences to you on the untimely loss of your Father and, at the same time, a Man of integrity, courage, passion, and achievement.

i first read about your Father in columbia magazine three days ago, ironically in the same article that introduced me to GNN. i found out about his passing only today and quite accidentally, while clicking a link in a blog by darios.

having recently lost my own Father, i am deeply touched by your tribute to your Father, at once a fitting memorial and a celebration of his rich life and extraordinary achievements.

thank you anthony for sharing your Father’s life and contributions with the GNN community. my thoughts are with you and your family.