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| After 40 years of leadership and service to NASA and the Space Science Community, Bob Hoffman retired from Goddard Space Flight Center effective January 3, 2003. In recognition of this milestone, the Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics held an afternoon symposium followed by a banquet in honor of Bob and his many contributions to our community. These gatherings were held at GSFC on Friday, January 17th. | ||
| Bob sent the following thank you to us all: Dear friends, The list of people who participated one way or another in my retirement affairs of last Friday is rather overwhelming. I had expected to have some kind of dinner, probably at Sir Walter Raleigh's, but the extent and magnitude of the affair that Jim Slavin and his committee arranged was far beyond anything I imagined. I wish that I could thank each of you personally for your part in honoring me one way or another on that day, but then I wouldn't have any more time to retire. So I am sending out this general thank you, and want you to know that the symposium and dinner will always be remembered as one of the highlights of my life. Everyone was very generous in their remarks and credits, but I also feel that the day also honored all those NASA scientists in general who try to enable the accomplishment of space science through the fulfillment of their responsibilities to NASA missions. I also want to thank everyone for all the gifts, especially the very generous monetary gift that will help me set up a computer system at home. Most gratefully, | ||
| Photographs were taken to document the event. | ||
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