4 Chairman of President Kennedy's Commission on International Education and Cultural Affairs. He was: Chairman of President Johnson's Task Force on Education and of the White Conference on Education. Subsequently he was: on President Carter's Commission on an Agenda for the Eighties. And on President Reagan's Task Force on Private Sector Initiations. The quality of his counsel was also recognized by the private sector. He was asked to serve as a director of such prominent companies as Shell Oil, New York Telephone, American Airlines, Time Inc. and as an advisor to Rockefeller Bros. Fund. John served as a Trustee of Rockefeller University and of Stanford University. At Stanford I can attest that he was a constructive force in difficult times. Not the least of his accomplishments was inducing my early departure from the Stanford Board. John was heading a sub-committee on how the Board should be changed and one of his suggestions was that trustees should not serve for more than 10 years. Since I had already served 13 years, I took the hint and resigned at the first plausible opportunity. Rid of me, the 10-year limit was formally adopted but all the existing trustees were "grandfathered." John then