i think about fellow alums and friends from the law school like ken salazar who was my first year mentor here. he kept encouraging me and telling me that just studying a -- ie bit harder, i could think about valerie jarrett who is a graduate of the law school. the senior and longtime friend of the first lady. loss will friends of more than 30 decades and i also think about my first amendment professor in 1982. and he became dean of the law school and president of the university. as you know, he stood affirmative for action. and i think of my friends, a white dude from mississippi who navigated a largely white alumni association board today take an overwhelming position supporting affirmative action and opposing profiteering. then, personal moments for me. personal family moments which i will share in a bit because michigan has become a true legacy for my family. i think of my late mom, who became a huge wolverine fan. she adopted university of michigan as her on the monitor. afternoons with phone calls back and forth about the michigan games. she would say, did you see that? game issay m