Jim didn't want a traditional retirement party. "Too many greenhouse gas emissions, not to mention unwanted calories," he said. So instead we are having a Virtual Retirement Party - carbon neutral and heart healthy!

To celebrate, Jim wants all his colleagues and associates to post a good wish, photo or a memory to this blog. You can even ask Jim a question. Jim will reply to every post! (Jim will be the only person able to comment on messages after they are posted).

And while you're at it, Jim hopes you will consider a donation in his honor to his favorite charity, our own Talking Book and Braille Services.

Please submit your message before Jim retires on December 30, 2011. Include your name at the end of your message.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Legacy

Oak and brass, embracing aging bits
Of yellowing card, rank after rank after rank
Each dear to this scholar's heart, with which he'd hoped
To brighten a corner of two of Oregon's dimming past:

These he will leave behind. They would, perhaps,
If sentient, sense the loss, as do we. And yet
His captaincy is legacy enough. Those who know
That scholarship is courage are invited

To follow, follow, follow and illumine
What we know, can know, and may have known
Here in our State, hence Region, Nation, World --
Beginning here, where marble still guards all.



--
risa bear
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/risabee

1 comment:

  1. Jim ScheppkeNovember 13, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    Thanks so much Risa for this lovely poem! I'm really touched by it. Thank you for your very significant contributions to Oregon scholarship. It was a pleasure working with you.

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