"At moments like this, there is nothing one can say to make the premature passing of a friend and colleague less tragic. Lara stood on the cusp of life that portended only success. Ours is a felt loss - and the world is diminished by all Lara did not get to do.
Like every good leader I have known, Lara accomplished so much by making it almost unthinkable to disappoint her.
In his final months, Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, facing terminal cancer, asked an Eastern spiritual leader , "What is the most appropriate thing to say to a friend who is about to die?" The mystic answered: "Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him." Now, if a little piece of those impacted goes with every person who dies, they are going to need a lot of room in Heaven for Lara.
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Robin Fretwell Wilson
Roger & Stephany Joslin Professor of Law and Director of Family Law & Policy, Illinois School of Law