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Elasticity in Time   I never really understood Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory but the image of the stop watches dripping over rocks has always haunted me.  Recently, time has come to feel as distorted and melted as those clocks in that stark landscape....

The Restored Chair   I found two birthday cards in the desk drawer beneath Don’s computer, dated September 2025. My practice had always been to send him a serious card and a humorous one.  Last year’s serious card read “Big Life. Big Love. Big Day.” Inside, I...

  The Don-Bobby Guild   We have finished reading the letters Don and I wrote to one another in the academic year 1969-1970.  They bring back such powerful memories of my growing love for Don as well as my maturation as an adult.  Don was not just 7 years...

Remembering   When my mother died of early onset Alzheimer’s Disease in 1988, it took me over 20 years to be able to remember her as she really was.  During her final years, I had created a psychological barrier between that person who was Anna with Alzheimer’s...

Read about how to succeed as a leader of a team   https://www.higheredjobs.com/blog/postDisplay.cfm?post=4509&blog=45&Title=Academic%20Leadership%20Is%20a%20Team%20Sport

This is the document signed by current presidents.  Celebrate them!

https://pen.org/a-pledge-to-our-democracy-the-champions-of-higher-education/ The first which I signed is by former presidents underlining the importance of higher education as a necessary platform for democracy....

The first version of this statement included only attendees at an April meeting of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute program.  During my presidency I attended several convenings of the institute and was allowed to add my name to this important document....