i much deserved onerous dennis sigler lee declared one. his career has been crowned with laurel.s the greatest biographer of our times. one might all argue of all time. he's been celebrate as as most consequential interpreter of the american 20th century. his magisterial accounts of robert moses and lyndon johnson have fundamentally altered our understanding of the acquisition and the deployment of power. his stature in the first rank of american journalist is beyond dispute. his passion for getting the story right and his commitment and that of his a great partner to pursue every lead, every source, every archival trace is the stuff of legends. his many honors and awards include two pulitzers, two national book credit circle awards, the gold medal for the academy, the national humanities model, bear witness to that pursuit, so to his impact on a generation of generation of journalists who have profited from his example. the meadow we present tonight acknowledges bob's accomplishments as biographer, historian, and journalist, but it celebrate something larger, it honors his contr