GuestM Comment Emitte lucem tuam, et veritatem tuam* *Send forth your light and your truth. A gifted teacher brings truth and a metaphorical light to the student. A good researcher brings the same to colleagues in his chosen discipline. A friend brings the same to those already held close, and to those who approach with an honest and giving heart. James J. Morgan has been, and remains, one and more of these to many, some who have met him, most not. Festschrift needs no adjectives. It is, simply, a celebratory volume. It celebrates a career, with the permanent record of the celebration being the series of dedicated works contained within its pages. Laboring over an independent piece of work, then dedicating it to someone, is one form of honor given. Another, deeper form, is bestowed when the dedicated work contains within its passages and very logic, thoughts and efforts that were born of and nurtured by the celebrant. Surely, the latter is the form of honor that is found in each of the manuscripts published in this volume. Jim
Morgan’s thoughts and efforts have come into these articles by many means … through papers written and journals managed, through conferences held and symposia directed, through students taught with lectures given, through books conceived, labored over, and then delivered. Jim Morgan has received numerous important formal honors during his career, including most recently, the Stockholm Water Prize and the Clarke Prize. However, the many who have been influenced by Jim offer another form of recognition for his life’s work: the fruits of academic brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, friends, and admirers in whose own work we acknowledge a great many reflections of him. Although I am writing this for Jim on behalf of many people, I know in my heart that all will join in extending the following appropriate old saying to our colleague and friend:
May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you. Dominus tecum. (The Lord be with you.)
James F. Pankow, Associate Editor (
[email protected])
© 2002 American Chemical Society
FEBRUARY 1, 2002 / ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY I 49 A
