Thursday, October 13, 2022
I was fortunate to have had Professor Joseph as my English prof in my sophomore year at Georgetown in the early 1960s. He was very highly regarded by his peers and students alike for his intellect, knowledge, and innate grace and kindness. He also had a mischievous wit. I remember his definition of inappropriately intimate dancing as “the vertical fulfillment of a horizontal desire” and his oft-uttered phrase “we are all screwed by the inscrutable.” He was the one who taught me that Japanese surnames precede first names such that Toshiro Mifune’s friends called him Mifune. I have often thought of him and today after so many years decided to check Google for his whereabouts. I regret not having done it sooner. My deepest condolences to his family. He was exemplary in many ways. A rare and lofty soul. Rafael Urquia II, Esq., New York, New York.
