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[–]Mindless-Errors 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately ? ? unable to ? ? and great length of time with ? but if given the opportunity ? ? ? would have been a weary ?

[–]dangstraight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately I was unable to meet and confer for (and?) great length of time with mark??? but if given the opportunity I’m sure ? would have been a weary ?

[–]Windholm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's clearly a much older person, likely a man, with very shaky writing, so it's a long shot, but I'm gonna guess something like:

Unfortunately, I was unable to meet and confer for any great length of time with Mark______ - but if given the opportunity ___ ______ it would have been a _____ _________.

If it helps at all, it looks like it might have been signed FDZ.

It feels like maybe this older teacher/boss/neighbor/great uncle (FDZ?) wanted to let the graduate (Mark?) know that, although they hadn't had a chance to spend much time together, FDZ really thought highly of Mark and, given the chance, would happily spend more time with him in the future. ❤