"When Franz Alt told me I was to receive this award, I was, of course, very pleased to be put in the same class as my predecessors, Franz Aft himself, Don Madden, George Forsythe, and Bill Atchison. "It seemed to me, however, to be somewhat paradoxical. There are hundreds of us who keep our professional society moving in its more than two dozen special interest groups, and in its half dozen boards and their standing committees, let alone the work of the council and the Mostly we do these things because Questions of editorial duties in the publications. we would be unhappy to see those activities bog down. reward or fame have much less to do with our decision to pitch in than one might think. I believe that by and large most of us would continue these activities even if we were certain to remain anonymous. "If, therefore, you have decided to make me less anonymous, it must be that you want me to be seen as representative of these efforts. "This I am proud to do. "To those of you who have been wondering whether you should pitch in, I say that there is great satisfaction
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