Grant’s contributions to our organization long preceded his presidency. We’re all familiar with his Richards prize-winning heckles–including his commentary presented as a stand-up routine, and his memorable mock children’s book. As a scholar of humor, he always delightfully expressed hard-hitting, rigorous philosophical commentary in a way that would make you laugh so hard that you cried. We could always count on him for excellent conversation at conferences–both during the sessions, as well as our evenings together. Grant always made a point to enjoy his time with us to its fullest.

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As LPS President, despite the fact that he’d only been in the office a short time, he had already made strides to expand the social media presence of the organization, including managing the organization’s Twitter account.  Grant was always willing to be a resource to colleagues in the organization.

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We are currently collecting donations to help the Julin family with funeral expenses. Please make any contributions you would like to send along to the LPS Paypal account (lightheartedphilosophers -at- gmail.com) by Wednesday June 15th. We are also planning to host a session in Grant’s memory at the 2022 conference in Greensboro, NC. We would warmly invite anyone who is comfortable doing so to contribute a happy memory of Grant to that session.

 

"The work of love in recollecting one who is dead is thus a work of the most unselfish, the freest, and the most faithful love . . . [R]ecollect the one who is dead and just in this way learn to love the living unselfishly, freely, and faithfully." Kierkegaard, Works of Love