Greiner: President Emeritus of UB Passes

This guy was no friend of the city. He deep-sixed the University Heights initiative to help rebuild the neighborhood in favor of building the ugly Swiss Chalet student housing out on Millersport, even after the city gave his dumb son a job in the Planning Department. Is he lying in state in the the lobby of the Amherst Industrial Development Agency's offices?

Show some respect jstraubinger. Many, many people were taught, tutored, and mentored by Bill. He was a class act.I am sure his "dumb son" would find your comment in very poor taste. Personally, as one of his recent UB Law students and as someone who admired the man, I think your tone sucks. Stay classy.

Your right dj. I apologize for the remark about his son and my disrespectful tone. However, he did the city no favors.

My thoughts are with his family. He did a great deal for UB and the community. I had a chance to meet with him a few times while I was at UB and he was always above board and straight forward. I respect that. Remember that Buffalo did not want UB to build in the city and the Heights didn't want the students. The guy did what he had to do and laid the ground work for the builds in Buffalo that are currently underway. Remember that he made the first moves towards purchasing the M.Wile factory that we celebrated last week. Buffalo lost a good friend and a great man.

Condolences to the family and friends of this man, especially during the holiday season.

You always strive to leave your mark with your life with a positive stamp. Greiner achieved that with his work contributions. I'm sure his family is sad today but proud.

I am sorry, the comments about the Peace Bridge do not belong with this article. I'll take this to a more appropriate thread.

Dr. Greiner did so much to internationalize UB. He expanded international student enrollments and supported the institution's global partnerships. For these efforts alone, UB and our community are all the better. Best wishes to his family.

My condolences to Dr. Greiner's family and friends.

I had the honour of working closely with him when I was with the UB Student Association and writing for the Spectrum. He would stop what he was doing to take the time out to teach and assist. He was never too busy for an interview and was almost always available if you had a question. He was an excellent mentor and teacher and I will never forget all that he has given to me and the community. He did so much to help the people of our community, things that were done quietly and without recognition, because that is how he wanted it. I remember a time when he provided Christmas gifts and dinner to the family of a basketball player whose mother had recently passed. He made the arrangements himself, paid for out of his pocket, and had it delivered anonymously to the family on Christmas Eve. It was signed, "Your UB Community". He did so much for the students and community, I am truly saddened by this news and wish I could do something to carry on his legacy. This is a great loss at so many levels. My thoughts are with his family and close friends on this sad occasion.