Library many years ago to work on the book, a staff come up to me and say to me, unsolicited, do you know that so and so was here, so and so and listing all the famous historians but then they said to me, you know who our favorite is . David mccullough he was here and he was the nicest and said to this me. He was appreciative. Im enjoying the stories. So what i did was that night before i came in the next day to finish my research, i went out and bought doughnuts for the staff figuring they might Say Something about me. Not in the same breath as David Mccullough but in that respect. One other thing, i think we would all agree and its without question that David Mccullough is the most celebrated, revered historian of our times. Hes a National Treasure. [ applause ] hes a National Treasure not only the president ial medal of freedom and multiple pulitzers, National Book aday and as gay said, too many awards to announce. But also, the voice which was alluded to earlier. I have always love