What struck me in those stories was that his first appearance was intimidating, because of his towering stature, but the minute he engaged in conversation, the intimidation melted away.
Yeah, but he's only 6' if quite that ... I'm pretty sure Anish, one of his fraternity brothers who spoke, is that tall (he came over to hang out with my family last night). I like to think it's just because he had a Presence. Just one of those people.