“Roger and I were both from Buffalo. Our mothers were drinking buddies – gin martinis, not unusual in Buffalo. My fi rst memory of Roger was as a young boy, probably in fi rst or second grade, dressed in a formal suit with short pants. Henry, his younger brother, was with him wearing a matching suit. Both boys were shyly standing together in our living room while our mothers sat drinking martinis. Roger came to Snedens Landing in 1979 because his mother told him I lived here. He arrived (wearing long pants) with his wife Joan. So began our long and wonderful friendship – no martinis.” Grace Knowlton “…for me he epitomized the essence of Snedens Landing; the feeling of a welcoming community. He was a role model in how he led his life under the most difficult of circumstances.” Jennie Descherer

“Roger and I shared offi ces for some ten or twelve years, and during those years we looked for some time and space almost everyday to talk, mostly about anything but law. We talked politics, we talked books, we made recommendations to each other and I learned to love his insights. My day was never really complete without spending anywhere from fi ve or ten minutes to an hour or two talking to Roger. When he was no longer in my office my day was never really complete.”
David Englander

“One of the favorite phone calls I used to receive would start off with, “Hey man it’s Rog, want to go for a stroll?” I’m going to miss the stroll and I’m gonna miss the call.”
Mark Morris

“Roger was, and continues to be, part of a very small group that I always think of for guidance in how to handle difficult or sensitive issues. I ask myself, ‘How would Roger handle this?’”
Dick Descherer

“Roger was a one-man band…Talking domestic and foreign politics with him was better than watching the Washington pundits on TV…A cheerful, non-dogmatic philosopher, he would converse, carefully and caringly, about the important things: love, family, success, failure and death.”
Nick Ludington

“I was always so impressed about how proud he was of his daughters and their achievements. Even more striking was how he absolutely lit up with pride talking about Joan’s art work.”
Leo Keegan

“Roger just cared so much about other people…he always found something interesting in them. That was one of the many things that was special about him.”
Matt Lonberg

“The literal meaning of mensch is a righteous person, and Roger was a true mensch in every sense of the word… Simply put, he was one of the smartest, kindest, funniest and joyful people we’ve ever known.”
Roger & Karen Weisberg

“How many people adored that man.”
Cass Ludington

“He touched each person that he knew so personally. It wasn’t just, ‘I know their name and who they’re married to, and their kids,’ he really wanted to know the essence of everyone…”
Cheryl Marshall

“To say something brief about Roger is a serious impossibility… one thing’s for sure, I will remember this man forever.”
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Lisa Rinehart