"Deep down he's really sweet," McIntyre says. "He's one of the nicest people in the department."
Marshall says DeVore shows genuine concern for his teaching fellows.
"He's always looking out for our best interests beyond just being TFs for our course," he says.
DeVore also carries his love of animals into his own home.
In addition to dogs and several types of exotic fish, visitors to his house over past years might have found themselves among frogs, doves or even chickens.
Outside his home, DeVore has created his own version of the 100 Acre Wood. Two years ago, he converted the stump of an old maple tree near his house on Hurlbut St. into a home for Winnie the Pooh.
Not stopping there, he then expanded on the Pooh theme. Now, all along the street are elaborate scenes involving Pooh's friends, from Piglet to Owl to Eeyore.
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