i was fortunate to work for jack danforth. some people might not of thought the work was glamorous but i got to work for a good man. later, i0 plus years think of in an even more positive light than i did when i worked for him in 1974. think it is important to work for good people, people of integrity, people who are positive. and finally, although i did not get a chance to say this to them, i do believe this. you treat people the way you expect to be treated, whether they deserve it or not. they are owed that. that is hard to do. a part of going to the things that sonia mentioned earlier is go.ability to let things to forgive and forget and to turn and move on. that is not so easy. but you want to be forgiven. you want people to give you a pa ss sometimes. you want people to think better of you. so you do it to others. so i feel very strongly that we are required to treat people the way that we want to be treated. think even when it is hard, you are required to be honest, not to give in to fads, not to go along to get along.

i was fortunate to work for jack danforth.some people might not of thought the work was glamorous but i got to work for a good man. and who 40 plus years later, i think of in an even more positive light than i did when i worked for him in 1974. so, i think it is important to work for good people, people of integrity, people who are positive. and finally, although i did not get a chance to say this to them, i do believe this. you treat people the way you expect to be treated, whether they deserve it or not. they are owed that. that is hard to do. a part of going to the things that sonia mentioned earlier is the ability to let things go. to forgive and forget and to turn and move on. that is not so easy. but you want to be forgiven. you want people to give you a pass sometimes. you want people to think better of you. so you do it to others. so i feel very strongly that we are required to treat people the way that we want to be treated. and finally, i think even when it is hard, you are required to be honest, not to give in to fa

it has gone to senators like jack danforth, arlen specter, joseph lieberman, and paul tsongas. it has gone to cabinet officials like hillary clinton, edward leavy, robert rubin. governors like scranton, mayors like john lindsay, and outstanding state judges. today we continue that tradition by honoring three alumni who, without any question, have contributed immensely to the substance of american law. today we honor three justices of the united states supreme court. the tale of each of these justices is a quintessentially american story, a story of upward mobility, hard work, of staggering achievement and great inborn talent. in different ways and in the name of different ideals, each of our honorees has already left an indelible mark on the shape of our jurisprudence. for as far back as anyone can remember, the school has been the site of passionate argument and disagreement. we have always nourished students in the pursuit of their own values and strive to help young men and women become as thoughtful and as effective as they can possibly be as they work out for themselves ho

and i learned people who work closely with you appreciate you being loyal and good to them as jack danforth was to me from 1974 on. say eeoc taught me that discipline and calm this in difficult circumstances. sam, you spent four years as an assistant attorney where i gather a lot of your cases were appeals for the third circuit and nu argued 12 cases before the supreme court. after that, you spent two years as deputy at oh lc and then you were appointed the president to be the u.s. attorney for the district of new jersey. these -- you went from being a legal eagle most of your life to now running an office. what was that like? >> it was the biggest change in my career. a lot different from what i had gone before and radically different from what came after. being a circuit judge, whereularly on my court they are spread out, it's one of the most isolated legal jobs that exist. other courts may operate to firmly, and we got along very well, but i could go literally for weeks without ever seeing another human being at work except for the people in my own office. wasu.s. attorney job completely