. >> you are here because you know jim rogan and you admire what he's done and you know something about his book. if you want to do early background, you have to read the book "rough edges." which i think many of you know. it's about his life from welfare to washington. and it's fascinateing because he has incured a tough like which he all of the sudden said this isn't for me and picked himself up and dusted himself off and went on ton very successful in public service. he's a good friend of ours. he first met richard nixon because he had an obsession with presidential memorabilia. i'm not kidding. i won't let his wife talk about how many is in the garage, or all over his home. but he's been kind enough to share a lot of it with us. we have much it on display here. that's when he first met richard nixon has a young man. he'll probably tell you a little bit about that. but he's a neighbor. the rogans live here, and he was a member of our board for quite some time before he went on the bench in two or three years ago. but his life and public service and legal professor began in '83 when h