i'm sure some of you have read "the president of creation" which is "da vinci code" atchison's memory who was secretary of state for president truman from 1949 to 1953. and the name of the book draws its title from the fact that atchison, among others, was present, you know, when the whole world as we know today was created. and not only, obviously, it was atchison was present there but gentlemen like george marshall, clark clifford, john mccoy and george kennan, all these people had a hand in building the creation of the post-world war ii era. and the remarkable thing about these gentlemen was the fact they could go in and out of the public sector and the private sector and they clearly had a deep understanding of economics and foreign policy. so why do i mention these gentlemen from a past generation? well, when i look at bob's resume, i think that he resembles them in many respects. like them, bob has moved back and forth between the private and public sectors serving in positions at the highest level of banking and finance and into u.s. government. he clearly has a firm understand