Update: the reception was very good. 30 minutes of toasts, the President of the University in attendance. I told my kids that the man they heard described sounded a lot like the man they knew–which is a high compliment in my book, since one definition of integrity is to be what you seem to be.
Only a few of my Dad’s favorite friends from when I was a kid were there, but, as as Spencer Tracy said, what there was, was cherce: Ron & Marita Inglehart, Bob Axelrod, John & Gena Fine. It was interesting to me (and vaguely disconcerting to my status-quo-loving hindbrain) that so many of the speakers and attendees were from people that my dad met after I left home (ok, it was 30 years ago). But a compliment to him that he has stayed engaged and vital and involved in current and future generations. Perhaps the most important accomplisment that was mentioned was the 41 students for whom my Dad was Ph.D. advisor — who are today “the leaders in the field.”
Dad at the reception (while chatting with Ron Inglehart):
Honoring 40+ years of service to the University of Michigan and international relations.
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