A TRIBUTE FROM A FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE | BY TOM MISSEL
Dr. Dennis R. DePerro:
LEAVING A LEGACY
On Jan. 2, less than two hours after we informed the campus community that Dr. DePerro was on the road to recovery in a Syracuse hospital from a bout with COVID-19, I texted him. “THAT should make you feel better!” Kyle Lofton had just hit a last-second three-pointer at Richmond to give the Bonnies one of their biggest road wins in years, setting the course for a remarkable basketball season. “Absolutely!” he replied within seconds. “Too bad I could only follow it on the ESPN gamecast because the stupid Dayton game was the only game I could see.”
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