Dean Pfister Would Like You To Know He Is Reading a Mystery Novel

The College’s top administrator treated undergraduates to another adorably quirky email on Monday, this time updating us on the campus beekeeping scene, the fall foliage, and his latest reading pursuits.

Like the sugar maple trees he described, Interim Dean of the College Donald H. Pfister's prose in the email was “fully on fire with the reds and oranges that are the stuff of poetry.”

In our favorite part of the email, Pfister informed us that he is currently reading a mystery by Louise Penny called "How the Light Gets in: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel.”

“There are several in the series and this is the most recent,” Pfister wrote. “I think I identify with the Chief Inspector.”

No further thoughts on what Pfister thought of "The Flower of Empire: An Amazonian Water Lily, the Quest to Make it Bloom, and the World it Created," the plant biology book he told us he was reading last month.

Next time Pfister sends ones of these emails to the student body, we hope he gives us more details. Where does our dean read these books he emails us about? Does he enjoy coffee or baked goods as he flips through the pages? Does he talk about his reading interests with other administrators in a University Hall book club?