Four years.
I just knew that my career
thirty-five years or so
of university teaching and research and
work had run its natural course.
I knew that I had done most of what had come to do.
So I thought maybe there was something
else I could do next.
When you begin to do this type of work
you start to see the tentacles of society —
that there are elements in
society that you don't necessarily see
the linkage until you really drill down
a little bit deeper and you get involved in
something.
You fill out your name, your fill out  a profile of the things that interest you. So when I first
got wind of this, they said 'Well, what are
the areas where you might want to be
involved?' Education was one of my first. The environment was another one.
Anything having to do with the
well-being of young people in Seattle,
that was another one.
They met Ed Taylor, the dean of Undergraduate Education. And they met with football players and
staff on the academic side of the
athletic department. And they saw the
beauty of our campus. They went to
Suzzallo, they went to the HUB.
In retirement, I'm finding that I'm doing
things that are more deeply meaningful
than anything that I've done before.
There is so much of this type of work that can be done.
you just have to be forever aware of the
possibilities and have an antenna that is
extended so that you'll hear about them.
And then try them out.
