Professor Reid was undoubtedly one of my favorite professors, and I have vivid memories of his enthusiastic lectures. He taught me everything I know about Quantum Mechanics, as I took both undergraduate and graduate courses from him. You were late for class at you own peril, as usually Dr. Reid would busily fill all the blackboards before class started so he could hit his lecture "running". One morning we must have looked particularly bewildered, prompting Dr. Reid to exclaim that we weren't just under water, "but didn't even know which way was up." But with his lopsided smile, somehow it was OK - and sure enough he quickly put it right so we could understand.

I am proud to be a graduate of "Rod's School of Quantum Mechanics", a spoof on correspondence schools shared between professor and students ("... now I make the big bucks and eat steak," was the enthusiastic endorsement - see the photo of the shirt that we all donned for our final exam).

Peter Rambo
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory