Your awe-inspiring work
\nfound me intimidated
\nAs did the clever theories
\nyou had created<\/p>\n
But gregarious and relaxed as you are
\nIt was a feeling one could only maintain from afar<\/p>\n
Wearing open toed sandals and shorts from Bermuda
\nYou could always be found
\nIn your office at Cordura<\/p>\n
Ever at home
\nin a unification matrix
\nAlways on the lookout for that well motivated fix
\n(that also predicts)
\nyou always convey insight and rigor in the right mix.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve shared many a birthday,
\nthe occasional frat house,
\na love for Grammar from the Bay Area
\nAnd a cherished good grouse.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re a great man, Ivan,
\nA maven, a shaman, and a heaven-sent spokesman
\nI\u2019m no poet and now we all know it, but
\nTo one who holds you most dear,
\na soppy poem seemed somehow appropriate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"