“ Oh, yes, he got a standing ovation and the next day I went to his house before I was leaving Williamstown and he was critical of his having received a standing ovation. Typical Gaudino. He was, “Why would they give me a standing ovation, what was that, you know, what was the purpose of that kind of thing?” So he was using it as another little Socratic exercise. I don’t remember what I said, “Just go with it. Accept the love.”

–Jeff Thaler '74