Words in Honor of Others

One of the delights of my life has been being in the right place, at the right time, among the right people, to write and speak in tribute to some of the finest people serving our field. They helped us be our best, they served, they encouraged, and we are grateful for all that they did. At the seminar at MIT to honor Jay Forrester after he died, I chose to honor him not by talking about his research and publications or even his founding the field, but rather as the dedicated teacher I knew him to be. Jim and Faith Waters I met in my years helping K-12 teachers create system dynamics in the schools. Jim and Faith were absolutely essential to that movement. You will enjoy reading what teachers said about them. The final person honored here is my treasured colleague and friend David Andersen. It was fortunate that I had recently been the Chair of our Department so I was the likely choice to give this tribute, so I didn’t have to knock anybody down on my way to the podium. I loved writing these tributes for these splendid people.