Michael Tisher

I joined OMA in October 2024, and almost right away, Rosemary sent me an email complimenting my work for the university and thanking me for taking this "next step".   I responded by thanking her and complimenting her work as well.   I never heard from her again.    Meanwhile, I first met Rosemary in 1999 when she interviewed me for a faculty position.   Even though I was nervous, she seemed excited to see me and rolled out the red carpet for me as she was showing me all the possible places that I could go to in Asia, various information about UMUC, etc.   Overall, I had such a great time with her and Barbara Crain that day and thus, returned home with good feelings about the whole experience.    Thank you so much, Rosemary, for everything, and am extremely grateful that I could have the best career experience of my life all because of you and Barbara.   Til we all meet again.      

Wow, Dennis, I am glad you were able to help Gary with that.   Very nice.    For me, I had heard of Gary and Jenny as early as 2001.   After that, I would see him at various workshops and faculty meetings, but never really got to know him well until we were posted in Okinawa together.   We shared what we were doing in our class and also hung out a few times together including his home.   More recently, I am really thankful to get to see him this past February at a workshop.    Thank you so much for being there, Gary.   I am glad your YouTube channel is here to stay and is something that we can be enlightened with and remember you by.   Until we meet again.