The stuff we worked on, and all of a sudden, everybody seemed to want to show up. This is just fantastic. On a personal level, raise your hands if you were on the committee staff. This is pretty amazing. We said goodbye to each other 43, 44 years ago, and when i got ready to do this, i called jim hamilton, who was my boss back then. I said, i mean it, ill have it in tomorrow. He said, gordon, you better have it in tomorrow. Its like no time has passed. When we broke up i dont know how many of you remember this sam dash had a final meeting. He said this has been the most important thing that has happened in my life and im sure will ever happen in my life and will ever happen in yours. Im thinking of 21, 22 years old. I hope something happens. Looking back, it becomes very real. Then, the truth was solid. Something you worked on. You found it. In the intervening years, it became more and more relative, and now, it is like water or air. I think its important to come back in this room toge
Im gordon freedman. Elizabeth here and i [applause] mr. Freedman thank you. Three or four months ago, we said maybe we should get some people together, and i thought that was a good idea. Then i started trying to find people. It was a little difficult, and then some stuff started happening in d. C. That was vaguely reminiscent to some of the stuff we worked on, and all of a sudden, everybody seemed to want to show up. This is just fantastic. Raise your hands if you were on the committee staff. This is pretty amazing. We said goodbye to each other 43, 44 years ago, and when i got ready to do this, i called jim hamilton, who was my boss back then. I said, i mean it, ill have it in tomorrow. He said, gordon, you better have it in tomorrow. Its like no time has passed. When we broke up i dont know how many of you remember this sam dash had a final meeting. He said this has been the most important thing that has happened in my life and im sure will ever happen in my life and will ever happe
Three or four months ago maybe we should get some people together. And i thought that sounds like a good idea. I started trying to find people. It was difficult. Then stuff started happening in dc that was vaguely reminiscent to some of the things we worked on. And all of a sudden everybody seemed to want to show up. This is just fantastic. On a personal level. Raise your hand if you were on the the committee staff. This is pretty amazing. So, we said goodbye to each other 43, 44 years ago. And when i got ready to do this i called jim hamilton who was my boss back then. I say jim, i mean it ill have it in tomorrow. He says gordon you better have it in tomorrow. So it was just like no time has passed for a lot of us. The other thing i was struck with, when we broke up. I dont know how many remember this. Sam dash had a final meeting and we were all stuffed into his office. And he said this has been the most important thing thats happened in my life and im sure it will ever happen in my
Three or four months ago maybe we should get some people together. And i thought that sounds like a good idea. I started trying to find people. It was difficult. Then stuff started happening in dc that was vaguely reminiscent to some of the things we worked on. And all of a sudden everybody seemed to want to show up. This is just fantastic. On a personal level. Raise your hand if you were on the the committee staff. This is pretty amazing. So, we said goodbye to each other 43, 44 years ago. And when i got ready to do this i called jim hamilton who was my boss back then. I say jim, i mean it ill have it in tomorrow. He says gordon you better have it in tomorrow. So it was just like no time has passed for a lot of us. The other thing i was struck with, when we broke up. I dont know how many remember this. Sam dash had a final meeting and we were all stuffed into his office. And he said this has been the most important thing thats happened in my life and im sure it will ever happen in my
Three or four months ago maybe we should get some people together. And i thought that sounds like a good idea. I started trying to find people. It was difficult. Then stuff started happening in dc that was vaguely reminiscent to some of the things we worked on. And all of a sudden everybody seemed to want to show up. This is just fantastic. On a personal level. Raise your hand if you were on the the committee staff. This is pretty amazing. So, we said goodbye to each other 43, 44 years ago. And when i got ready to do this i called jim hamilton who was my boss back then. I say jim, i mean it ill have it in tomorrow. He says gordon you better have it in tomorrow. So it was just like no time has passed for a lot of us. The other thing i was struck with, when we broke up. I dont know how many remember this. Sam dash had a final meeting and we were all stuffed into his office. And he said this has been the most important thing thats happened in my life and im sure it will ever happen in my