 Now we get to the fun part. This is where we celebrate 20 years of the LPI at OSU and gush about the wonderful things Waltz has done for all of us. The Diet and Optimum Health Conference is a testament to his legacy, a conference that he created, nurtured, and grew. And as you all know, this year's conference included a tribute to the leadership of Waltz Fry, director of the Institute from 1997 until last year, 2016. To many of us in this room and elsewhere, Waltz Fry has not only been the head, but the heart and the soul of the Institute. So I know I speak for many people in this room when I say when Waltz announced his retirement, it was hard to think about an LPI without Waltz at the helm. He grew the Institute from its very little start at OSU. I think it was him. To the fabulous gathering we have here today. Now I hope while you were enjoying your dinner, you saw the slideshow. We had many pictures of Waltz throughout the years containing many messages from people, LPI alumni whose career. Really, Alex wrote this for me. I don't think he was touching people. Many were not able to be here tonight, Waltz, but they wanted to convey their greetings. It is no small testament to his leadership that everyone in the LPI has now come together to honor his legacy and carry on. We know that the house that Waltz built will endure. When he left at the end of the June, it wasn't quite right time to celebrate. We were all kind of, we had a little gathering, but many people were surprised and went, oh, I didn't get to say goodbye. And we didn't want Waltz to plan his own party, so. Now he's wondering about this. So we figured with the 20th anniversary of the LPI, what better time to celebrate? Many people couldn't come. For those, we've gathered those laudations, and we'll give those to you, and you can read them. Meanwhile, I have another surprise. I'm going to ask that guy, Fred Stevens, to come on up and say a few more words. You ready? You did such a good job. Yeah. A special friend and longstanding supporter of the Lyons Pauling Institute, Joanne Facy is not able to join us today, though she sends her warmest regards and wishes from her home in Georgia. On Joanne's behalf, I am now going to say a few words about a very special gift that's being made to the Lyons Pauling Institute. Gentlemen, would you please unveil the painting? So this painting is part of a collection of 27 paintings by the late Gershon Benjamin, given by the Gershon Benjamin Foundation to grace the walls of the Lyons Pauling Institute. This particular painting is being given to the Lyons Pauling Institute to honor Baltz Frey and his inspirational leadership that has allowed the Lyons Pauling Institute to thrive at Oregon State University for the past 20 years. So Joanne Facy and the Gershon Benjamin Foundation present this gift in recognition of Baltz's tireless efforts to build and transform the Lyons Pauling Institute into what it has become today. Growing from a small group of six faculty, you saw the slides just before we had dinner, into a robust research enterprise with 12 principal investigators, supported by a team of dozens of students, scientists, and staff. So Baltz, and I am also saying this on behalf of the entire faculty and the entire LPI, thank you for your direction. The Institute has become a respected name in molecular nutrition. In addition to the scientific accomplishments, and we also know this when we're still in Winnigal Hall, we've made many planning sessions for the new building, and this has now at last been becoming a reality. And at last, this is Joanne's rid writings on the pillar at the top of the building because we're talking about a 105,000 square foot facility with modern laboratories cutting edge technologies and the space where we're so desperate, needed to do our research and to interact and innovate. Because when we were in Winnigal Hall, we were on four or five floors that was very difficult to interact in. All in little rooms, it was very dark. Now everything has been better, and actually we're thriving on that. And to give you a couple of examples from just very recently, I'd like to Viviana Pires just got the R01 yesterday, so this is a good example. We're now back at four R01s. What I always wanted was the metabolic phenotyping facility that has now become a reality. So things are, we are off to a good start with the new director, Richard from Raymond. So simply put, this is my summary. Without your leadership, the Linus Pauling Institute will not be what it is today. So this painting especially will grace the walls of the Linus Pauling Science Center to commemorate everything that you have done to transform the Institute. So on behalf of Joanne and the Benjamin Kirshen Foundation, thank you very, very, very much. And please. Major Dashwood. Oh, excuse me. Rod, please come up to the stage. I believe you wanted to say a few words. It's really a hard act to follow Fred, so. I'll do my best to make sure this is. So Dr. Treber asked if I would try valiantly to bring some class to this occasion by reading a poem. And she suggested maybe a few lines by Shakespeare, or Keats, or Wordsworth, or maybe some great American poets. Here we have Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, or Gwendolyn Brooks. This one is not advancing down here. Oh, OK. So I thought, well, those are good suggestions. But what the heck? I'll just read one of my own poems. So this is actually called, Ode to the Director. And Bolz actually has seen an early iteration of this poem. What he doesn't know is I actually wrote those lines probably a year and a half before you and I ever met. I was actually on the faculty at the University of Hawaii. I was attending a cancer prevention conference in Canada. And during one of the social outings, George Bailey and I were hiking around the beautiful countryside near Banff. And George was talking at great length about how terrific it was that the Linus Pauling Institute was coming to OSU. And they just interviewed candidates for the director position. And he was absolutely thrilled by the youngest candidate, who he said was absolutely the best by a country mile. And he said, this guy comes originally from Switzerland. He's done some fabulous work on cardiovascular disease and vitamin C, and that he had a magnificent vision for the Linus Pauling Institute. And I was so inspired by that conversation that on the flight back to Hawaii, I put pen to paper. And when I shared those lines with George, he wrote back to me in an email LOL exclamation mark or something a bit stronger, actually. So Bolz, you've seen the early iteration. And I hope most sincerely you like the updated version. And for the members of the audience who are sensitive or easily offended, please close your ears and look away. This poem has been rated PG-13, and parental guidance is advised. To sunburn on a scorching day, a nudist beach, so some do say, and neither parent would deny, inspired the curious name, Bolz Fry. That's young Bolz there. To sunset at the end of June, a point in time that came too soon, and all with links to LPI, inspired and grateful to Bolz Fry. To sunrise in a Texas town when word of DOH came down, a special tribute, none asked why, respect in full to one Bolz Fry. This is Roger Federer doing his best impersonation of the marathon runner, Bolz Fry. Roger Federer is the one on the right. To sundown in a banquet hall, assembled guests and speakers all, to our Swiss maestro, not goodbye, forever goat, the shill, Bolz Fry. To sunup in the mountain air, jetador, jetawindow, I don't care, with fun adventures, bright blue sky, Simone and Balthazar, Bolz Fry. So Bolz, you were just telling me over dinner that you have a beautiful new property up in the mountains, and at the end of the garden he has an outdoor latrine that might be a good place to hang this poem. So Mahizer and I have something for you that survived the flooding in Houston, and more impressively, United Airlines carrying. So another dear friend and collaborator of the Institute, Francesco Fiscioli, was not able to make it here this evening. However, he recorded a personal tribute to Bolz Fry we'd like to play for you. So if we could have the next one. Hi, Bolz. Hi, LPI. Hi, all. Francesco here. I guess I was one of the first ones to reach you in Corvallis at LPL. Look what I found. We reached a stadium. 1999, getting old, getting old. But I remember that beavers. Hey, go beavers, by the way. Game. Hey, I just would like to thank you so much for hosting me several times at LPI. I had my best research time in my life, never being so excited to do research as I was at LPI. Hope to see you soon, Europe, US, elsewhere in the world. And y'all take care. I might show up anytime. So y'all be careful and have a great time doing research. Enjoy Corvallis. Enjoy LPI. Take care, and see y'all soon. Bye. Now, for all of you who attended Bolz's farewell in June last year, may remember that during that ceremony, everyone enjoyed a song written by Professor Kevin Ahern in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. They're already laughing in the back there. Simply entitled, Dr. Fry, Kevin has sent us another version of the song to play in tribute. Leadership, Zen, Team.