Misc. Ramblings

Graduation was yesterday. It started a little after 2:00 p.m. and went to almost 4:30. I'm told, although I have not checked this, that over 400 students got their Masters, Doctorates, JDs, and MDs yesterday. I was one of them.

The commencement speaker was Dick Parsons, CEO of AOL/Time Warner. Parsons attended the University of Hawai'i for four years but apparently did not graduate from here. I'm not sure having someone from AOL is a Good Thing given the reputation it has but I guess Parsons was as good as anyone. It's interesting that Parsons is not the only Hawai'i connection to AOL. Steve Case was born and raised here, but then, you knew that.

Although I did graduate, we still have more work to do on our project. We have a few loose ends to tie up on the paper and then we need to do a presentation to the Board of Trustees of the Hawai'i public Employees Retirement System. The presentation will probably take place in June so we have until then to work on that.

I would be remiss not to thank the people who made my graduation possible. First, my mother and late father who instilled in me an appreciation for education. To my wife, who supported me through the difficult times. And to my professors who accepted nothing less than academic excellence. Thank you to one and all. I could not have done it without you. Mahalo.

PS. I was indeed remiss and forgot our group members. If it wasn't for their hard work, there wouldn't be a paper to turn in.

(Thanks to The Pompous Git for the reminder).

Aloha!