I first met Dr. Stan when he welcomed me to the Rollin’s School of Public Health as a graduate student fresh out of Peace Corps in 1996. He was a mentor, friend, and personal hero of mine. I was lucky enough to work for him as a graduate teaching assistant and tried my best to keep his office files straight and grades entered on time. He listened to my long-winded Peace Corps stories, always asking me questions that got me thinking about the bigger picture. For my graduate thesis, he introduced me to his wife, Dottie, and she helped me develop a public health project working with her students at Clarkston High School. It seemed that there wasn’t anything Dr. Stan wouldn’t do to help his students professionally and personally. My deepest sympathy to Dr. Stan’s family, and I thank them for sharing him with all of us for so many years. He made the world a better place and I will be forever honored to have known him. Peri Hopkins