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From:
Mary Heinuy
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014
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A light under the door. Often, when I was down in Claremont to teach or help with translations from the interviews Susan and I did in Japan, we would walk into the press late and there was a light shining under Ron's office door. Susan would say, "Ron is working all night to get the magazine ready to send to the publisher." Some nights,going into their home where I was staying there would be a light under Ron's home office door. Susan would say, "Ron is preparing for his class. He spends hours preparing for every class every time."
I have many memories of talking to Ron and even auditing his History of Ideas class a few times. The thing that always stands out is how hard working he was, always spending hours to make sure what he offered, editing the magazine, teaching his classes would be the best possible. He was so smart and so funny. His knowledge was deep and wide. I miss him and will not what I learned from him.
Mary Heiny
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From:
john schleis
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Sunday, November 2, 2014
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From Grand Daughter Erika Susan Schleis -
Ron was my Grandfather. I have many wonderful memories of him. on my visits We would always go up to Mt. Baldy and go hiking. when I was a young child he and my grandmother, Susan, taught me Aikido. I enjoyed walking the collages with them. I always learned new things on my visits. Grandpa Ron was a always telling us grandchildren interesting stories and information. I will miss dearly.
Erika Susan Schleis
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From:
susan perry
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Saturday, November 1, 2014
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It is with great sadness that I say good-bye to my partner in life, Ronald Rubin. He was my great love, my husband. Together we raised a son, enjoyed grandchildren, and raised 3 wolves together. We bought an old 1903 Chandler & Price printing press and taught ourselves how to use it which culminated in the founding of Arete Press, a press for college textbooks. We started Aikido together, we founded Musubi Dojo, and later Aiko Institute. Together we interviewed, wrote, edited, and published 20 years of Aikido Today Magazine. We pioneered friendship workouts by way of the 4 grand Aikido Expos in Toronto, Seattle, Portland and San Diego. We edited and produced a dozen Aikido DVDs. We wrote books on Aikido. We traveled to many Aikido retreats, camps and workshops as well as hosted some of the world’s Aikido leaders in our own dojo. I supported him when he was going through his tenure process at Pitzer College, and, he provided great moral support when I was writing my PhD dissertation. We enjoyed our life together on a deep and meaningful level. Saying good-bye to him breaks my heart.
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From:
John Perry
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Monday, October 27, 2014
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I first met Ron Rubin when I gave talk at Pitzer College in the early 1970’s. I was fairly new to Southern California, having moved UCLA in 1968. I didn’t know much about the Claremont Colleges, and don’t think I had heard of Pitzer. I was surprised to find there one of the most lively, intelligent, and just plain fun groups of philosophers I have ever encountered. Ron Rubin was at the center of this group, which I remember included Jim Bogen and probably also Barry Sanders, from Literature, although at my age memories are dim, and I’m not sure whom I met then and whom I met later.
Ron and I connected instantly. We had apparently overlapped a year at Cornell, but it was my final year, when I was holed up in my carrel writing my dissertation, so we never knew each other. But we had a lot of common friends and professors and places and bars and bookstores to talk about. I suppose my talk must have been about personal identity, for I remember we quickly got to talking about Locke, one of the subjects of Ron’s dissertation. I was soon in awe of Ron’s knowledge of history and his obvious philosophical acumen. But, frankly, his wit, his incredible laugh, his sense of humor, and a sense of highly intellectual mischievousness, made an equally strong impression.
Not too long after than my sister Susan moved to Claremont to pursue Ancient Philosophy at the Claremont Graduate School. She and Ron fell in love and married. Surely one of the best things that ever happened to the Perry family, right up there with my wife Frenchie in terms of great additions. Sue had a great husband, her son Johnny a great dad, and I had a friend and a brilliant philosopher as a brother-in-law. And someone with a great sense of humor.
Over the next forty years Ron never disappointed. He was always ready to discuss just about anything philosophical. He always had something to teach me, about Descartes, or Boethius, or astrology, or weird medieval ideas. He and Sue were not only a great couple, but turned into athletes and entrepreneurs, both becoming Black Belts in Aikido, starting a Dojo, a magazine, and a publishing company, all extremely successful. Ron also took an academic look at Aikido and the martial arts, publishing several articles on these topics.
Ron made major contributions to philosophy: a wonderful book on Descartes, a superb translation of the Meditations, which Michael Bratman and I used in our Introductory anthology, and John Fischer has continued now that he is in charge, as well as a great introductory logic book. I know he was working on a translation of Boetheus’ Consolations of Philosophy, which I hope we can find and do something with.
Ron’s battle with cancer, over the past six or so years, was heroic and inspiring. His intellectual curiosity, wit, and kindness never flagged. His death is a blow to all his many friends, in philosophy, in Aikido and in the other areas of life. When he was alive, I felt blessed to have a great friend, a great philosophical interlocutor, and a great brother-in-law all wrapped up in one package. Now his death is a triple blow.
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11/10/2014 at 10:51 AM
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Monday, November 10, 2014 at 10:51 AM
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This candle is lit, not only because Ron Rubin is gone...but more importantly because he lived and gave of himself for the benefit of others.
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Friday, October 31, 2014 at 4:19 PM
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Sensei, I just wrote something it took me 11/2 hrs. To write it, hope you get it, so sorry for our loss!
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10/27/2014 at 10:53 AM
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john schleis
10/27/2014 at 1:15 AM
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Monday, October 27, 2014 at 1:15 AM
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The world is missing another brilliant man. I am honored to have known him and call him my Father.
Rest In Peace Ron, Love John
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