Mason was always a wonderful teacher and friend, he urged his students to plug-in and connect, both intellectually and artistically. He will be greatly missed. Deepest sympathy and condolences to his family.

Mason was an active member of REAP (Retired Executives Advisory Panel) for many years. His comments and questions were always valued. We will miss him.

I was one of the participants in the book discussion group  at the Dunedin library. I appreciated Mason's thoughtful selection of books and enjoyed the discussion and his insights into the works. My sympathy and condolences to Joy

Mr.. Nye was the leader of the Contemporary Book Discussion Group at the Dunedin Public Library in Florida for nearly 20 years.  As he left the final meeting of the season just last month (May) he smiled and said I'll see you in September.  We will miss his dedicated leadership.  He loved the group and offered great insight into the discussions. Our sympathy goes out to his family and lovely wife, Joy.

Mason W. Nye was a mentor and great influence on my development as a student and young adult through my senior year at Suffield Academy ('71-'72).  I visited him often at his residence after class to talk about my career, my interest in writing and the cultural influences of the day.  I remember sitting with him one afternoon and the discussion turned to music. In the next moment, we were listening to the Grateful Dead album, Live Dead.  He told me he considered this a great work of poetry and music, especially the song, Dark Star.  I was dumbfounded and impressed - he knew how to relate to my generation in a genuine way.  He also knew how to keep us from getting overly confident with our writing skills  I remember once our assignment was to write a film review.  Mine was selected as one of the best, and he read an excerpt of it to the class. I was beaming, that is until he passed out the papers and his notation at the top of mine read  good effort, but a long way from the Yale Review.  and then went on for pages of red ink.  At the end of the day, he passed on to me a key lesson  experience is the key to great writing.   His positive influence will remain with me forever.
Rest in peace Mason W. Nye!
Stephen Gazillo - Suffield Academy class of 1972

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Mr. Mason Whitney Nye

July 29, 1930 – June 3, 2016

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