Retirement Speech Sample
Retirement(Speech(for(Stu,(Bill(and(Peter(
As(Marianne(mentioned,(Stu,(Bill(and(Peter(have(been(at(UB(for(over(30(years.(So(
it(is(fitting(to (a ck n owledge(an d (c ele b ra te (th eir (co nt rib u tio n s(to (U B (at (th is(
retirement(event.( (
This(event(is(not(exactly(one(where(we(say(“So(long,(farewell,(auf(wiederzehn,(
goodGbye”.((Stu ,(Bil l(a n d(P et er (w ill (con t inu e (to(r em a in (ha p p ily (w ith (us ((g ivin g (us (
their(wisdom(and(experience(in(the(years(to(com e(w ith(non e(of(the(dow nsides.(
They(will(enjoy(being(with(students(and(interacting(with(faculty(with(none(of(the(
hard(tasks(such(as(committees,(grading(and(course(schedules.(
They(say(that(becoming(a(grandGparent(is(something(like(that.(No(responsibilities(
but(all(the(pleasures(of(parenthood.((So(Bill(Stu(and(Peter,(you(were(always(great((
professors,(now(you(will(be(great(as(well(as(grand(professors.((I(suppose(the(term(
for(that(is(emeritus(pro fes sor s.(
Since(it(is(indeed(a(time((to(mark(a(milestone,(let(me(share(with(you(a(few(
thoughts(about(each(of(these(three(dedicated(individuals.(All(three(were(part(of(
the(AI(group(in(the(department(and(so(I(got(to(know(them(fairly(well(through(
common(research(interests.((I(will(speak(about (the m (in (th e(or de r(of(t he (lon g es t(
time(I(have(known(them .(
After(being(at(strong(computer(science(departments(at(MIT,(Wisconsin(and(
Indiana,((Stu((came(to(UB(in(1978 .(S tu (h as (p rob a b ly (ta u gh t(e ver y(p ro g ra m m in g (
language(there(is(to(be(tau ght(since (com pu ters(w ere(inve nted .(From (Fortran (and(
Pascal(to(LISP(to(C(to(FP(to(Java(to(every(latest(programming(system(introduced(t o(
this(day.(((
He(always(took(to(the(latest(Apple(gadget(or(app(lik e(a (fish (to (w a ter .(His(interest(
in(AI(is(dee p .(T he (cu rr en t (str en g th (o f(th e(d ep a r tm e nt (in (A I(re la te d (su b jec ts(is (
probably(due(to(the(passion(he(always(had(for(AI((
I(heard(Steve(Jobs((say(to(new (gradu ate(stud ents(“C hoo se(to(do(som e thing(you(
love.(If(not((keep(looking”.((I(think(Stu(knew (exa ctly(w ha t(he(love d(doing (quite(
early.(
Stu(had(no(pa t ien ce (for(t ho se(r a n(mainGfram e(c om p u tin g (ce nt ers.(My(favorite(
quote(from(Stu(is(his(analogy(that(the(computer(science(department(is(to(the(
computing(center(as(the(law(schoo l(is(to(cam pus(security.(
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