When I stepped into Mr. Farnham's classroom as a tenth grader in the Fall of 1971, it was my first science class. We all squeezed into a room filled with cages, aquaria, smells, life and wonder. My picture of Mr. Farnham is one of a smiling man gesticulating out the door with a frozen baby alligator carcass, directing someone to sweep the bird cage droppings onto the English teacher's classroom below. Mr. Farnham taught me that science is careful observation. Mr. Farnham taught me that science is a joyful endeavor. Mr. Farnham taught me that science education is about imparting your enthusiasm for a subject to others. These teachings were echoed repeatedly throughout the rest of my scientific career by other mentors, and I have tried to pass them on in my 25 years as a Chemistry Professor. But Mr. Farnham was the first. Thank you. -- Robert M. Corn, Class of 1974.