In May 2013 when I arrived in Cambridge for the alum reunion it had been a few years since I had seen Don. Coming from the airport I was arriving a bit late and the panel discussion regarding the origins of the Leaders For Manufacturing program had already started in E51-115. I decided to sneak in through the small door at the back of the very packed auditorium. I went up the stairs and gently opened the door just enough to slide in. Don was speaking but the movement caught his eye, he looked up and without hesitation said ‘Brian, great to see you, welcome’ and resumed whatever he had been saying. It could have been me or any one of us thousand alums, Don had a place for each one of us. He committed himself heart and soul to a vision he cared deeply about and he will always be an inspiration for a life well lived.
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