I inherited the undergraduate math methods class not long after coming to Davis in 1996. Rod had retired but was still teaching upper-level E&M, and he had a lot of useful advice on the math methods material, on how it fit with the students' E&M and mechanics classes, and on more general principles of teaching. Rod and Glenn Erickson were both rightly proud of how well-coordinated the junior-year courses were when they and Bill True taught, since they used their daily lunches in part to find out exactly what everyone was covering. I can only wish that our present classes were synced so well!

Like many others, I also remember Rod from late nights in the department. Even when I didn't see him, I knew he was around from his ever-present station wagon in the loading dock parking lot.