Neil Gershenfeld - Full professor på MIT
Mannen som på mange måter er grunnleggeren av FabLab-systemet ble i går oppnevnt til Full Professor ved MIT.
Her er ”talen” som Sherry Lassiter ved MIT holdt i forbindelse med utnevnelsen.
”Ladies, Gentlemen, Students and Fablabbers from around the world. We have brought you together today to celebrate a man. His name is Neil. And he is a self-described “loose canon”. In the pomp and circumstance of this moment – we would like to announce the appointment of Neil Gershenfeld, the “loose canon”, to Full Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Maseltov Neil! Our heartfelt congratulations to you. It is a wonderful achievement. You have inspired and helped so many of us around the world. In honor of the occasion I’d like to read one of Mel King’s favorite poems to describe you and the inspiration you’ve planted in us all:
THE POWER OF ONE by Noel Wolf
An army of one,
A seeker of peace,
The vessel of empowerment.
One smile,
One hand out-stretched,
One kind word,
One unselfish act,
One light in the gray dawn.
It takes one moment,
One frozen moment in time-
To change one day in a life.
One moment-
One hour-
One day-
One life
It is in the power of one,
I am the power of one.”
An army of one,
A seeker of peace,
The vessel of empowerment.
One smile,
One hand out-stretched,
One kind word,
One unselfish act,
One light in the gray dawn.
It takes one moment,
One frozen moment in time-
To change one day in a life.
One moment-
One hour-
One day-
One life
It is in the power of one,
I am the power of one.”