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View a eulogy for James Ira Scheiner, USMA '65, who passed away on February 1, 2011.

James Ira Scheiner

West Point, 1965

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Grover (Terry) Starling on February 7, 2011:

Jim was a good friend -- but I've had closer ones. Since those good buddies will never read this posting, I can say without fear of offending anyone the following. Jim was quite simply the finest man I ever knew. No need here to praise his character and intelligence, for they are both well-known. I guess what really drew me to him was his wit. Jim, you were a funny guy. We miss you.

Being a rawboned Texan who only got into West Point as a qualified alternate to play football, I'll probably never be asked to edit an illustrated Yiddish dictionary. But if, in some alternative universe, I was given that job, I know exactly where I would put a photo of Jim's smiling face: right next to the definition of mensch.

Grover (Terry) Starling

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