My father, who lived until 2011, would have loved the work on the Lindbergh case. Actually, he used to joke that he was the Lindbergh baby (playing off the belief that my dad's father was Charles Choteau Johnson who had post-WWI links to Lindbergh through the Lafayette Escadrille). Seeing this conveys again the incredible dimensions of Hari's interests in society and culture that were so enriching in the Department, on top of the scientific work.

I would have liked to come and wondered about any remote participation; I drove to NJ for an extended family gathering at my mother's new place right now. You have been in my mind's and heart's embrace all the past week. Sridhar and Chris Miller and I looked over at Hari's office together on Wednesday, exactly as Murat wrote, unable to comprehend that he will not be there.