June 17, 2001

Marthame with our friend and mentor Fahed Abu-Akel.

Today is the actual anniversary date. We both took part in the worship service at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Marthame's home church, where everyone has known him since he was just knee-high to a grasshopper. It's always good to come home. We also got a couple of opportunities to do our slides and give a talk, first at the morning Internationals Class where the discussion was quite lively, and then that evening over dessert and coffee. Between the two we had about eighty people, most of whom knew Marthame when he was a small, smart-alecky redhead.

We topped of the perfect homecoming day with a dinner from the Varsity (including "naked dogs" and "jumbo FOs").