We admire your gift for appearing poised and gracious -- even while secretly recovering from Singapore-scale jet lag -- whether hosting the President of the United States, greeting foreign dignitaries or dancing with an eight-foot beaver. You teach us, by your example, the art of delivering gracefully on the highest standards, every time, with every detail perfect, period. We treasure your insight and intelligence, your insistence on seeing the data, your ability to cut through the forest of distraction to the bright sunlight of clarity and focus. You are the definition of a quick study -- and the alarming time stamps on your emails tell us that you are right at home at MIT. Because you celebrate and embody MIT’s core values, you help us see that even here -- tapping at our keyboards or cooking up another Institute event -- we, too, are serving the nation and the world. Through the convergence of your many talents, you have mastered the science of leadership, engineered an extraordinary team -- and manufactured bright new possibilities for MIT. In its electrifying amperage, your energy sustains us. Your devotion to service is as American as apple pie. You are, in a word, mighty.