Saying goodbye to an old friend
Dennis Getto, the food critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and journalism teacher at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, died today at the age of 57, according to a brief on the Journal Sentinel’s Web site.
Getto has been the food critic at the paper since 1982.
This is particularly sad news for me, because I have often given Dennis credit for starting my career.
I took Dennis’ feature writing class at UWM. A year later he helped me get a job at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. We kept in touch, e-mailing each other every so often. Really, I would pretty much just e-mail him every now and then and thank him for the career.
I ran into him at a Starbucks earlier this year, and we chatted for a while.I'm glad I got to see him and let him know I was still moving forward.
And I know that I’m not the only one who he helped get into this field, which was one of the great things about Dennis. He cared about journalism, and those who wanted to take it on as a career.
So, thanks again Dennis. I owe you one.
Getto has been the food critic at the paper since 1982.
This is particularly sad news for me, because I have often given Dennis credit for starting my career.
I took Dennis’ feature writing class at UWM. A year later he helped me get a job at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. We kept in touch, e-mailing each other every so often. Really, I would pretty much just e-mail him every now and then and thank him for the career.
I ran into him at a Starbucks earlier this year, and we chatted for a while.I'm glad I got to see him and let him know I was still moving forward.
And I know that I’m not the only one who he helped get into this field, which was one of the great things about Dennis. He cared about journalism, and those who wanted to take it on as a career.
So, thanks again Dennis. I owe you one.
posted by Eric LaRose at
4:05 PM
2 Comments:
Your thoughtful words probably meant a lot to Dennis. Your success in journalism more than likely meant even more. Teachers like to know they've had a positive influence on their students and are always happy to see their students succeed.
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Anonymous, at 8:37 PM
Dennis taught part-time at UWM for most of the years I was there. He was as creative and good at that as he was in crafting his words in a restaurant review. Plus, he was a great colleague, always ready to share some humor and a story. I will miss him.
You can take the bag off your head now, Dennis, and have all the pasta you want.
- Gregg Hoffmann, Westby, Wisconsin
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Anonymous, at 3:13 PM
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