David befriended me very early on in my first year apparently after learning I was or had been a hockey player. (His interest and knowledge of sports as well as students is common knowledge). He encouraged me to keep playing over my concerns that I needed to study 24/7. Of course, I was terrified about the whole law school process. Gradually things fell into place as he said they would, and we became very good friends. A group of us began playing hockey friday mornings, and we invited David along; unfortunately, he suffered a broken leg (more details can be provided by VonGlahn, Biesanz, Boardman, Platt and others). Subsequently, David returned the favor and invited me to play on his softball team, and soon thereafter I suffered a broken leg on a play at second base! Hopefully, this small tidbit reflects how he impacted every student in some way to enhance his/her law school experience, in addition to his legendary classroom teaching.
Jim Mendillo, JD72