From Dr. Corrin to gas shortages.

"When I was a student, I vividly remember:

• Colorful, loyal, energetic, and supportive friends in graduate school
• Group/team learning; we were successful if we all succeeded; the point was learning, not competition for GPA
• College Days and Mud Football
• Laughing hilariously while listening to Firesign Theater records
• Professor Lewis Grant who reminded me of my father—Lew was a farmer too, only he happened to be an Atmospheric Scientist as well.
• Awful football team, but we still had fun at the games
• Summer research project on Chalk Mountain near Leadville
• Dr. Bob Knoellenberg making electronics and instrumentation understandable and fun (well almost fun)
• Gas shortages; Kelvin abandoning his car in Denver because he couldn't get any gas
• A comfortable community – CSU and Ft Collins
• Meeting my wife and getting married

"The professor I remember most is Dr. Myron Corrin, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Science Department, during my time there from 1972-1974 because of many reasons:

• Great teacher. Could make the complex principles of Physical Chemistry understandable. Great teaching methods. Would walk you through a problem step by step letting you figure it out with gentle hints if you were off the path. "Mr. Janssen, to the chalk board," was not a request to be feared.
• Interesting grading philosophy. To paraphrase from his introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry 720 or some such level course, "I'm teaching this course, I'll give you the grade I think you deserve." Drove the grade freaks crazy.
• Great sense of humor with a touch of sarcasm (similar to me I suspect):
  Dr Corrin: "What statistics courses are you taking Don?"
  Don: "Statistics 101 and Statistics 401."
  Dr Corrin: "Why are you taking Stat 101? That's statistics for biological idiots!"
  Dr Corrin's secretary: "Dr Corrin! That's an awful thing to say."
  Dr Corrin: "You're right. Stat 101 is for biologically inclined idiots."
  (OK, he was a little arrogant, and certainly not PC – but I suppose I'm not either.)
• And who could forget his lectures where he would constantly forget which hand held the chalk and which hand held the cigarette – chalk covered lips were his trademark. Sadly, the cigarette was probably one factor is his relatively early passing.