Professor William M. Jackson Is My Hero

[darkrosetiger]

Usually, when I get a call from an emeritus faculty member, I wince. Most of the guys--and they are overwhelmingly guys--are nice, especially to me, but troubleshooting their technical issues can be an exercise in frustration. Trying to walk someone on dial-up through migrating his email from Eudora to Thunderbird, or explaining why he has to

Comments

[cognative]

I'm reading this book . Which is a huge collection of oral histories, many of which are about people like your guy.

[darkrosetiger]

*hits "please publish on Kindle" button* If they don't get it soon enough, I'll buy the physical copy.

he would understand...

[lindito]

if you just dropped him an email saying "you are awesome, and i'm going to have my nieces and nephews read about you."

... it's probably something that's happened before, for many of the same reasons you write.

[carolingienne]

Do it.

[mojitochica]

Do it! You might make his day :o)

[amordien]

Go for it. Seriously.