In Memoriam

Of my paternal grandfather, Richard Shaul Woodruff, a celebrated centenarian and indefatigable civil engineer who rose to the rank of executive engineer of hydroelectric generation with The Southern Company. Only in death did I realize the depths of our unsaid affection, and perhaps he was more fond of me than of his own two children. Exceedingly proud of my doctorate, I hope the ends of my of scholarly achievement will have made him even prouder.