Next two "Thank yous:"

John M:  I now have the pleasure of thanking my Dad, John, for his support of my project.  My Dad is a PhD physical therapy professor and I grew up admiring his academic accomplishments.  Simply because he had one (not because he ever pressured me), I always just figured I'd end up earning a PhD some day ~ I remember thinking that thought from a very early age.  More than anyone else, my Dad instilled in me the value of scholarship, and that's been one of the strongest guiding values of my life.  I'm also pleased to announce I recently named an endemic Hawaiian moth in honor of John, Orthomecyna keoniae (Crambidae).  If you'd like to see the paper, you can download it at
http://mattjmedeiros.com/Publications.html
It's the second paper from the top.

Pres M:  Pres was the chair of the biology department when I attended my undergraduate institution, Hamline University, in St. Paul, MN.  Pres was an important figure in my education because he was my genetics instructor there, and I am now of course - among other things - teaching upper level genetics at my current school.  Pres recently helped me develop a lab for my genetics course, and I really appreciate his help with that, along with his support of my project.  Thank you, Pres!