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Sunday, August 17, 2025
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Bill Lundell was one of my best buddies at East Aurora High School. We learned Latin and Ancient Greek together. We went to concerts, caroused the town and wrote songs together. I'm grateful for his friendship. Thanks for being there, Bill. You are among my best memories.
Charles Bowen
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Janet Saul posted a condolence
Monday, August 11, 2025
Bill was a high school classmate. I remember him fondly. Sad to hear of his early passing. Janet Saul
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Richard Raiswell posted a condolence
Thursday, May 15, 2025
I am very sorry to hear about Bill’s passing. He hired me for my first TA job just after he started teaching. I learned a lot from him about how to teach with rigour and empathy.
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Konrad Eisenbichler posted a condolence
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Bill Lundell was a gentle and kind soul, full of empathy, wisdom, and knowledge. I remember him fondly from the time he worked as a Graduate Student Assistant at the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies (Victoria College, U of Toronto). May his memory and his example be a blessing to all of us.
Konrad Eisenbichler
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Wray Perkin posted a condolence
Monday, May 12, 2025
Dr. Lundell was one of my favourite professors I had the honour of being a student for as I worked through my history major at MtA. His mix of intelligence, knowledge and very dry humour spoke to me specifically. He was also my program advisor and provided me with some of the best advice I could have had in finishing the last couple of years of my degree. His passing is a loss to the Mount Allison community past, present and future.
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Maggie MacPhee lit a candle
Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Dr. Lundell was a professor who lead with kindness, understanding, and high standards; I always appreciated the combo. He supported me through difficult times in my 4 years at Mount Allison and inspired my minor in history. That’s what educators do, they inspire and help their students grow, and he did it better than most.
My favourite Dr. Lundell story comes from semester 1 of my third year. I had decided to get a minor in history, a large part because of him, and was taking his first year class “Town Life in The Middle Ages” as part of the requirements for the minor. Dr. Lundell had asked me to facilitate the course feedback forms at the end of the semester, I was honoured to help out. Until I realized it was actually just explaining to 1st year arts students how to approximate their gpa for the form. It was a very very long 10 minutes. I told him this story about a year later and he just laughed and said he knew I could handle it but was very glad he didn’t have to do it!
I’ll miss our frank conversations, discussions of education and all of his wisdom. Dr. Lundell wanted history to remember the regular people and I will always remember him!
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Jennifer Tomes posted a condolence
Thursday, May 8, 2025
I was so sorry to hear about Bill's passing. He was a lovely, caring person. I had the privilege of sitting on several MtA committees with him. He was thoughtful, intelligent, and dedicated to doing what was best for his students. He also was very supportive of his colleagues. He will be missed.
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Roopen Majithia posted a condolence
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Bill’s passing is a sad loss to all of us. Bill was a dedicated teacher, often going above and beyond for students who made an effort and even for those who did not; and that is saying something in a institution whose faculty are known for just this virtue. But he was also so much more than that: a careful scholar that paid the greatest attention to textual detail; a carer of his family in more than just words; and a supportive, unselfish colleague who repeatedly put his hand up when it counted, despite great personal cost. We were friends and colleagues for over 20 years during which we delighted in the successes of the exceptional students we shared, as much as we did the seafood shacks on the coast and of the many, arcane strands of Americana. I will miss him.
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Elizabeth Wells posted a condolence
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
I was saddened to hear of Bill's passing. He was a consummate scholar, person, and gentleman. He will be sorely missed.
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Sébastien Chiasson posted a condolence
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
RIP Dr. Lundell. I'm deeply saddened to hear of your passing. You were an exceptional educator and mentor who had a profound impact on my academic journey. I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to learn from you, and your classes not only broadened my knowledge of medieval and renaissance history but also instilled in me a lasting passion for the subject. You will be deeply missed by all who knew you and were taught by you. Thank you for everything.
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Rev. John C. Perkin posted a condolence
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
I was truly sorry to hear of William's passing. It is a loss to his family, and to Mount Allison. William was a gentle and kind man, a passionate scholar, a caring professor, a warm and supportive colleague. We connected on a few administrative and academic matters, and he was always interested in hearing my perspective before offering his own, which came from a place of deep and reflective wisdom. Teaching in medieval and reformation history, which dealt with matters of faith, church and theology, he asked me to serve as a second reader for several theses in these areas: I always appreciated his confidence in me, and our discussions. I enjoyed every single conversation I had with him, as he always made me feel that, in that moment, I was the most important thing to him. I know many students had similar experiences. My deepest condolences to all who mourn his passing. He was a quiet font of wisdom, a true educator, and a kind individual who will be deeply missed. May all the angels sing him home, and may he rest in peace from his labours.
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Colin Robertson posted a condolence
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Bill, or as I never refused to stop calling him, Dr Lundell, will be greatly missed by myself among many. Gentle and honest in his critique; earnest but sparing in his praise, so much of who I am as teacher and scholar was formed by the years I spent under his eye.
The irony of course is that he was humble almost to a fault and would find all this praise and celebration of him absolutely mortifying. Nevertheless, every time I waggle a gentle finger at a student who hasn't quite grasped something, push one further than they think is fair because I can see their potential, or smile gently when they surpass me in thought, kindness, or charity; I will think of Bill.
Wherever you are Dr Lundell, I hope there's Bulleit bourbon to warm your lips and a tricky Latin text in need of your careful and playful mind.
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Samuel MacPhee posted a condolence
Monday, May 5, 2025
My first class at Mount Allison University was HIST2001, Dr. Lundell's intro to medieval history. Four years and seven courses later, he supervised my thesis. He was – and remains – my guiding light for good scholarship, professionalism, and care. This year, I started my PhD at Toronto's Centre for Medieval Studies (Dr. Lundell's alma mater) because I wanted to grow into the sort of scholar and person that he was. He loved the material he taught, and he transmitted his passion to a generation of Mount Allison students. We are all much better off for having known him.
I'll end with a passage from Erasmus' Enchiridion. Erasmus was a Renaissance humanist and, despite the centuries' gap, Dr. Lundell's dear friend. Every student who visited his office noticed the portrait of Erasmus hanging over the mantle. Erasmus writes: "[Charity] is to correct the erring gently, teach the ignorant, lift up the fallen, console the downhearted, aid the struggler, support the needy, [and] in a word, devote all your resources, all your zeal, all your care to this one end, to benefit as many as you can in Christ." Dr. Lundell preferred not to discuss personal matters with his students, so I don't know if he called himself a Christian. In any case, I am confident he tried to live by Erasmus' words. I will miss him forever.
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Yves Crepeau posted a condolence
Monday, May 5, 2025
It saddens me to hear about Dr Lundell's passing. Him and Dr Torrance convinced me to carry on to get my degree after a miserable first year. My sympathies to his family. The Sackville community has lost a good man in all respects.
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Kiera Stel posted a condolence
Monday, May 5, 2025
Dr. Lundell was a great teacher and I am sad to hear of his passing. He was kind, patient and had a great sense of humour. He made me excited about learning and taught me a lot about writing and studying. I am grateful to have been his student.
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Peter Brown posted a condolence
Monday, May 5, 2025
I was saddened to learn that William had died. Although I didn’t know him well, I liked him very much. He struck me as a thoughtful, kind, and intelligent man. During the faculty strike of 2014, he and I were on the same picket, and it was then that I learned that he was an admirer of Dave Alvin, an American singer-songwriter with whom I was also a little familiar. I tried to get him interested in the LA punk band X, since Alvin had once played with them, but he didn’t take to it. My favourite memory of Will—I learned that this is what his family called him—was after the Cubs won the World Series. He was radiant with happiness, and he tried to explain to me what the Cubs’ victory meant not only to him but to many Chicagoans. It was important to him that the joy was shared. I last saw him in November as he was walking home after participating in the vote on the most recent collective agreement. We spoke for about ten minutes, mostly about our frustration with the results of the recent election in the United States. I never thought that would be the last time that I saw him. I will miss him, and I give my condolences and sympathy to his family and his close friends.
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Andrew Nurse posted a condolence
Monday, May 5, 2025
I will miss William. I worked with him for, well, perhaps twenty years, perhaps a bit more. He was a private individual but we did talk about teaching, students, the Chicago Cubs and he humoured me, I think, talking about whiskey. I did not know how serious his illness was and I regret that. I suppose people often say these kinds of things, but I wish I'd had a chance to say goodbye in a more fulsome way.
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Monday, May 5, 2025
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