During your more than thirty years of service to MIT, you have been the personification of community time and time again. You are a tireless communicator in many modes, across and up and down the different parts of the Institute, always focused on making us a more effective university, always principled, always kind, and always resilient. Fittingly, you were the original compiler and editor of the MIT Acronym Dictionary-and remain its quality assurance expert. Why? Because you knew it would help us understand each other better-and because "Somebody had to do it!" The community gardening group and the annual plant swap are symbols of your influence, your organizational abilities, and your belief that work should be joyous as well as serious. You are the ever-reliable "go to" person for colleagues, both veterans and new arrivals, for everything from copy editing to providing an historical perspective. The seeds you plant grow into supportive community.