in the Company, he was so incensed that he quit. PPG was quick to make its choice. It canceled the deal with the company now owned by Hunt and hired WP III to run their glass business in the West. I tell you this story to make a point. The Fuller family is fine stock - people of principle, integrity, intelligence, and accomplishment. Parmer's father's accomplishments were vast. Besides being President of the Bohemian Club and the Stanford Trustees, he helped Herbert Hoover feed the Belgians, and he himself fed a very large family of Fullers, some who were leading the good life without conspicuous effort on their part. P Ill's mother was a remarkable woman - bright, durable, learned, and she soloed in an airplane at 65. Given this heritage it should come as no surprise that behind the veneer of the rapier-like wit and the fun he poked at friends, family, and himself, WP III was one hell of a guy. He was intelligent and learned, distinguished himself at Harvard Law School, and subsequently in all the activities that he undertook in the corporate world, in civic good works, and in education. I can attest to this at first hand. I served on two corporate boards with him, followed him as a President of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, and served with him as a Stanford trustee. Believe me, P III always gave a good account of himself and he made a distinguished contribution to each of the institutions he served. He presided over the Stanford Board in the worst of times - worked with three presidents and two acting presidents in five years - bit the bullet when a tough change had to be made at the top. The campus witnessed arson and riots, student unrest, and Bruce Franklin. But under his leadership the University emerged from its trials a stronger and better place. Those of us in the Stanford 9