My recollection of Jellinek in the later 1950s at Yale was a short stocky (in fact, somewhat round) man whose laughter could easily be heard in the next room at the Club where I would see him from time to time. His nickname "Bunky" was of course a diminutive, and one would expect a child's nickname to be a diminutive, but I believe he was small even as a child (It might btw be suggested that Bunky is a diminutive meaning "little blot" or "little mistake" -- Bunkicsi? -- not "little radish."} -- Jared Lobdell -------------- Original message -------------- > Figuring I would clear up the intrigue, I went on the internet and searched > Google for images of Jellinek, so I could get visual clues. Guess what, > Ron. The only one I found was at your site, and the guy does indeed look > short -- definitely shorter than the two women he was standing with, one of > whom might have been his living partner. > > John French > > At 11:56 AM 6/19/2005, Francis Hartigan wrote: > > >Fascinating. > > > >Thanks, Ron. > > > > > >---------- > >From: Alcohol and Drugs History Society [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > >On Behalf Of Ron Roizen > >Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 5:24 PM > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Tidbit: Jellinek recalled in Geneva > > > >Listmates: > > > >I've received an email containing the following intriguing sentence: > > > >"My memory of meeting her father [i.e., Ruth Jellinek's father in Geneva] > >is that he was a VERY short man, and that the tall woman with whom he > >lived was drinking heavily." > > > >Maybe Jellinek began to appreciate that he was going to new need new > >alcoholisms (beyond the American gamma variety) right in his Geneva home! > > > >What a striking image. > > > >Ron