Gene and I took a philosophy class together some 35 years ago. I was a student, but Gene was in the midst of his career. Yet, there he was, in class, still pushing the envelope, trying to learn and understand despite his already busy schedule. Less than a week before he passed, Gene gave me a book on Plato that he had just read and wanted to know what I thought of it. Gene never stopped trying to discover, and his life and career were about promoting and facilitating this goal among others. We’ll miss him so much not only because he was such a pleasure to be with but because he was always gently nudging us to become the best people we could be. We honor his memory most when we continue his quest to discover life’s vistas until we too pass into stardust.