Oct 19, 2009
Joseph McRae Mellichamp Emeritus Professor of Management Science The University of Alabama [Oct. 19,2009] — I celebrated my 70th birthday this summer, and much as I hate to admit it, I spent the first half of my life going with the flow rather than following any...
Oct 4, 2009
Phillip A Bishop Exercise Physiology University of Alabama [Oct 5, 2009] — I have always cherished my Cuban heritage. My grandfather was Pedro Diaz, who emigrated from Cuba to the Miami area at the end of the 19th century. I always thought my mother’s name was...
Sep 3, 2009
Kenneth Elzinga Economics, University of Virginia [Sept 6, 2009]– At the start of each semester in an introductory class that I teach of over 1000 students, I tell them what my teaching philosophy is, but I don’t use the word “Jesus” and I don’t use the word...
Aug 31, 2009
Sam Matteson Physics, University of North Texas [August 30,2009]— “Groan! . . . Another year is beginning and summer’s not even over, yet!” I confess to complaining that—at least to myself—at the start of more than one of my 20-plus years in the university. But...
May 7, 2009
John Walkup, Professor Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University [May 7, 2009] —One of my faculty friends here in the San Francisco Bay area told me about a memorial service for a colleague that he and his wife once attended. The...
May 1, 2009
Sam Matteson, Physics, University of North Texas [ May 1, 2009 ] —“Dr. Matteson, will you please say ‘grace’?” All eyes turned toward me (the chairman) when Sharon, my new staff member who had coordinated the departmental Christmas potluck, asked this. I paused...
