[Neuropostdocs] Hail and Farewel...almost!

[Martha Gillette]

Hi, Sam,

The day isn't over for me yet, of course, but in as much as this is a 
Special Occasion..."Sam's Day", I am pausing in order to consider the 
years of our associations and to send my reflections on this significant 
occasion.

Sam, you are a singular human being who recognizes the good and the 
possibilities for good in your fellow man and engages her/him to raise 
them to a better place. I am confident that this trait permeates all of 
your life. From my vantage point, your influences include everyone...the 
faculty, like me 18 years ago and Hee and Kai in current times, a long 
string of postdocs working on steps to independence, and myriad 
students, all of whom hold you in a special lofty place. For many of 
them, you are and long will be the essence of the Neuroscience 
Experience at Illinois! Iconic!!!

 From the early days, I have regarded you as my good friend and 
colleague. As you grew in the NSP, you were my source of information and 
insights. It has been my great pleasure to get to know you ever better 
in recent years, and to experience your multiple dimensions...from the 
ants, to the jogging and shaggy doggies, to the UULC, and then to the 
diversity of your roles in the NSP! Your strong moral compass and your 
exceptional writing skills truly distinguish you and will be deeply missed.

Thank you for all you have given to to the University and to 
Neuroscience. And, thank you for all that you have given to me as I 
stepped in as director during  un-easy times. Happily, you will still be 
in Morrill Hall studying the ants, in Urbana jogging the byways, and 
among friends, singing in the choir. I will look forward to those days 
on which our paths again cross.

All the very best,  Martha

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*Martha U. Gillette*
Director, Neuroscience Program
Cell & Developmental Biology Alumni Professor
Center for Advanced Study Professor
PI, NSF NRT-UtB: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in Engineering
    and Deciphering of Miniature Brain Machinery
Co-Leader, Neurotechnology for Memory & Cognition
Past Leader of Restorative Neuroscience Initiative, Division of Biomedical Sciences
    Professor and Past Head of Cell & Developmental Biology
Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, BioEngineering, Neuroscience Program, and
    The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology
     Micro & NanoTechnology Lab, and Woese Institute of Genomic Biology
Colleges of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering

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