| I owe a debt of gratitude to countless born-leaders who've let me tag along. Some have passed. Here or after, I like to think I carry some of their' finest traits forward. |
| My Mentors |
| To all who have contributed, thank you for your perspectives. And for our friends in the viewing audience, it is with great pleasure that I introduce to you, the folks that built me . . . |
| Steve Mannas |
| Don Marx (at UAA) Statistics Teacher |
| Bill King |
| Rick Beckwith |
| Cecielo Lucearo |
| Wendel Boucher |
| Gunnar Wik |
| Bruce Gray |
| Fred Schultz |
| Diffinitive research milestone makers: |
| Steve Warner |
| Fred Wagner |
| Doug Christensen |
| Roger Ogle |
| We are all given different gifts. Mine was a veritable smorgasboard of innovators for roll-models. I love these folks and spotlight some of them here. Please don't be offended if you're not listed. This process just began; be patient. |
| Mixed blessings: |
| Touched me deeply in passing: |
| Authoritative sources: |
| It's easy to forget that each new era needed an usher. Or that each of our best gifts might have never been, were it not for one person, clinging stubbornly to principle. The outsider might interpret these to be tales of unrewarded sacrifice. To them I say: there is no greater exhilliration than to see a glimmer of hope weather a storm, to become a pillar of the community. |
| Oro Mitchell (high school auto shop teacher) |
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