After 31 years of teaching at Colby College, Tom Tietenberg is retiring! This site was created to collect messages from current and former students and colleagues. We plan to present this blog to Tom on April 15, following his last public lecture as a Colby professor, "Emissions Trading: From Economic Concept to Global Implementation", the Economics Department annual Grossman lecture. Please take a moment, write a message, and help us wish Tom well in his next chapter in life.
Monday, March 24, 2008
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Tom -- it has been wonderful working with you. You have a remarkable ability to be incredibly productive, yet always finding time for a laugh (and a brownie). Thanks for all the time and green energy you have put into the ES Program. You will be missed.
It was an honor to be your student and advisee. Your teachings and advice helped shape my life and career. I thank you and wish you the best of luck in your retirement.
Tom, You have given so much to Economics and Environmental Studies at Colby, helped green our campus, worked to shape the field of environmental economics, and made a tangible, "breathable" difference in the policy arena. May you be rewarded with many green-friendly days and the time to enjoy them with Gretchen in retirement!
You made a lasting impression on me both as a citizen who looks at the world and the environment differently, and as a student. Your Law and Economics course sent me off to law school and I credit my passion and continued love of learning in my field to your great inspiration. I wish you all the best,
You have had a great impact on my life. I worked as an economic consultant after graduating from Colby and have utilized the great analytical thinking you taught me throughout my career.
Professor Tietenberg, You were a wonderful adviser and teacher. Your environmental economics course continues to influence me as I pursue a graduate degree in fishery science at the University of Washington. Thanks for setting me off on the right foot, I am still on the path.
It was a pleasure having you as a professor at Colby. Your teachings had a profound impact on my education and I look back on my time in your classes fondly.
Dear Professor, I appreciated and admired the effort you put into your lectures. I still recall a lecture on the meaning of life/happiness. Not strictly course material, but quite relevant to economics. Thank You, Matt Barry '85
I remember your class well almost 20 years ago and, in some ways, it seems like just yesterday. It occurs to me that you were ahead of your time then, to say the least. Your retirement is well-deserved, to be sure, but I wonder whether you might enjoy just a few more years at the College! These are important times as we think about the issues facing the environment. I'm sure it'd be accurate to say there are few people in the economics profession who are more qualified to help chart the course of the environmental debate. It was a pleasure being in your class. All the best and well done. Graham Powis '90
I am so glad that I was able to take Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from you during your last year at Colby. You are a wonderful teacher and the knowledge I gained in your course will benefit me in my future career.
Professor Tietenberg, Well done. It was honor to study Economics under your tenure at Colby. I learned how to synthesize data and think critically under your tutelage. Thank you. As a physician, I use these skills every day and I appreciate the time and patience you devoted to me. All the best. Once again, thank you.
Best of luck in retirement, and thank you for teaching some of my most memorable classes at Colby. Your Environmental Economics and Topics in Law & Economics classes remain my two favorite from my time on Mayflower Hill.
Although it is 26 years ago now that I graduated from Colby, I still have great memories of the Law and Economics and other econ courses that I took with you. You were, and no doubt still are, a great teacher and role model to the students who pass through your classroom. I wish you all the best as you enter the next phase of your life.
Hi Professor Teitenberg after lo these many years -- You can't possibly be retiring, because that would mean I'm [almost] on deck! Thanks for being such a great teacher... you had an enduring & positive impact on a whole lot of lives. All the best in your next adventures.
Hi Professor Teitenberg after lo these many years -- You can't possibly be retiring, because that would mean I'm [almost] on deck! Thanks for being such a great teacher... you had an enduring & positive impact on a whole lot of lives. All the best in your next adventures.
Professor Tietenberg, I enjoyed your environmental economics class not just for the content, which was great, but also because you had the ability to communicate with and engage your students. Your passion for teaching, for the environment and for economics were evident in and outside of the classroom. You were truly a wonderful and appreciated educator. Best wishes in your retirement. Joe Coan '78
Many thanks for all that you have done over the years. Your urban and environmental courses really opened my mind to how important economics was to real world problems. In the 20+ years since taking those courses I haven't lost my enthusiasm from these first lessons. Good luck with your retirement, the profession will be poorer without you.
I returned to my home country of Brazil in 1992 during the International Environmental Congress. On my first day, I opened the newspaper and saw an article featuring Prof. Tietenberg. I proudly kept a copy of the paper and showed it around whenever any of my friends asked about college. I would say, "Brazil is looking at what Colby is doing to help the environment."
You have made a substantial "green" contribution, may you enjoy your retirement!
I returned to my home country of Brazil in 1992 during the International Environmental Congress. On my first day, I opened the newspaper and saw an article featuring Prof. Tietenberg. I proudly kept a copy of the paper and showed it around whenever any of my friends asked about college. I would say, "Brazil is looking at what Colby is doing to help the environment."
You have made a substantial "green" contribution, may you enjoy your retirement!
Tom - I recall my classes with you fondly, and recall the early discussions about polution credits during a lot of the current news coverage. Congratulations on a well-earned retirement.
I want you to know that I think of you nearly every day as I walk into my own Economics class. I have tried to be half the teacher you were to me. Thanks for the standards you have set for scholarship, stewardship, and friendship over the years.
Many thanks for ALL of your hard work with the ES Program, Economics Department, and many other roles at Colby. You have made a huge impact, and are leaving behind an amazing legacy that will inspire and motivate many to come. As a 6th Grade Science Teacher through Teach for America, I am integrating many of the concepts that I learned in your courses. Thanks again, and enjoy your retirement!
I'm off to grad school this fall to study business and the environment, all because of the seed you planted in my head as a sophomore: 'Humans and the environment don't have to be at odds' you said with a smile. 'We have the tools right here to re-engineer the system.' Thanks for being the most important professor I had at Colby and one of the greatest environmental optimists of all time. Best of luck with your next chapter!
Thank you for introducing me to environmental economics in an engaging and friendly atmosphere, and congratulations on influencing so many individuals positively over your years at Colby. I wish you happiness in all that you do in the future.
Dear Prof. Tietenberg Thanks for making the world of Economics fun and interesting to a Biology Major. Best of luck in your retirement. Sincerely, Barbara (Falcone) Smith '86
It was a pleasure and an honor to have been in your Environmental Econ class. When are you coming to Zimbabwe to give a lecture? All the best to you and your family.
Prof. Tietenberg, What a long and distinguished career, befitting a truly great professor. Though I didn't pursue economics as a course of study after Colby, the disciple has helped me throughout my career as an attorney and policy-maker. Your classes were always special; your name synonymous with economics at Colby.
Wishing you all the best in whatever life next brings you,
Professor Tietenberg - Good luck with your next endeavors and thank you for helping to shape the person I am today. Colby will be a different place without you.
Choosing a major was a difficult thing, but Economics finally settled it. I wanted something that I could readily relate to the real world, and my time at Colby culminated in your Law and Econ class and a rewarding senior seminar under your supervision. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to experience your professorship firsthand and assure you that your teaching has had permanent effects.
To be frank you were the reason I decided to spend four years at Colby studying environmental policy. Now, I am in the second year of my MS/MBA at Michigan and often cite your guidance and inspiration as the impetus for my decision to go back to school. You have had a tremendous impact on my world view and career path; I can't thank you enough.
It's a long time since we sat next to each other at our college graduation. I certainly enjoyed working closely with you in Washington a lifetime ago, and I've profited from following your subsequent career.
Congratulations on your retirement. I was advised as an incoming freshman to enroll in your freshman economics class, and my education would have lost something had I not. You were undoubtedly the most influential teacher I had throughout my entire education.
It was a pleasure learning from you from freshman economics to my Senior Scholar project. I will forever fear green pens.
You taught me that its okay to be Green and like Economics, and that Economics can be used for good :) Thanks to you I'm still a greenie and working in community development. Best of luck in your next adventure, I suppose you deserve a rest!
Colby is truly going to miss your knowledge and rapier-like wit. The subject of Economics was made considerably more interesting and enjoyable by your outstanding teaching techniques.
It is not pleasant to reflect on what the academic world of environmental economics -- or, for that matter, the broader world community -- would be like today had you not embarked upon your marvelous career as professor of economics at Colby College.
Generations of students -- too numerous to count -- have received their first taste of environmental economics from your textbook (now in its seventh edition, and still going strong!). Many of these students -- including some I've taught at Harvard -- have become so interested in the subject area that they have gone on to graduate work, and are now professors themselves. Your intellectual family tree has many, many branches full of diverse, ripening fruit.
I can only imagine how fortunate have been your students at Colby, who have had the privilege not only of benefiting from your book, but also from learning from you directly.
I anticipate that in your "retirement" you will remain active, and so I look forward to seeing you soon -- whether in Cambridge, Washington, or elsewhere.
In the meantime, on behalf of the more than one thousand Harvard students who have benefited from your book, which I have used in the course I've taught here every year for the past 20 years, I wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Rob
Robert N. Stavins Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Thanks so much for being a great teacher, and providing inspiration and tools to a generation of kids to step up and help in a global fight to right environmental harms, with a level headed economic approach.
Thanks also for the great individual advice you gave me over 20 yeas ago - UW has a great graduate environmental policy program and I should go for it! With that, I headed to Seattle and have never looked back. To this day, people on this coast know your name and I am honored to have been one of your disciples.
I wish you and your family the best in the years to come!
Thank you for cultivating my personal and professional interest in environmental and natural resource economics. Best wishes. p.s. I understand that one of my papers will be referenced in the next edition of your text. I'm very honored.
Tom -- One of the highlights of my time at Colby has been working and teaching with you. You will be greatly missed in the ES program, but I hope the association we have had will remain through the years. I wish you all the best for your retirement years, knowing you will keep busy.
Your teaching and especially your manner of thinking and looking at the world have and continue to have a profound impact on me. Though I decided on a non-econ career, I've used the analytical skills you taught to flush out good ideas from all the flotsam and jetsam. And isn't that what a good liberal arts education is supposed to do? Thank you again for your wonderful sense of humor and an unforgettable classroom experience! Congrats on finally graduating from Colby!
Thank you for introducing me to environmental economics. It was an amazing class, and I know many people share my feelings. I learned so much that I could not have learned elsewhere! Good luck in your retirement.
Tom, to me you are the model of a great liberal arts teacher and of a colleague--smart, to be sure; passionate about your field; devoted to your students; dedicated to serving Colby; proud of the community of which you are a part. Your legacy here will always be in those of us who strive to "do it the way Tom would have," though few even hope to do it so well. When I think of colleagues I most respect, you are at the top of this list--and we will all miss you.
Tom, you should be highly congratulated on a fabulous career. You have been instrumental not only in shaping the whole field of environmental economics, but in helping to shape the whole careers of many of us who work in this field. I appreciate the help you provided me, and I wish you all the best in retirement. .. Don Fullerton
A dozen economists would agree on one thing -- Colby and its Economics Department will not be the same without you. You have a gift of motivating students, and you made a difference in the many lives that you influenced during your tenure at Colby. Thank you from one student that considers herself lucky to have had you as an advisor and to have studied under you. Best of luck in your retirement.
Tom: We both enjoyed your economics classes over 20 years ago. Your dedication to teaching, students, and Colby are one of the key things that make the college outstanding. Feel free to stop by when you are in the Boston area. Jay Allen '86 Laurie Haley Allen '87
It was an honor having you as a professor at Colby. I will never forget the assistance you gave me in landing my first job after Colby. That has led me to many great opportunities. Best of luck in the next chapter of your life.
TT, I cannot imagine my Colby experience without you. You have encouraged and supported me in so many ways. Currently, I teach Eco-Art and am returning to school to study painting. I could not have come into this fulfilling career without your help and example. Infinite thanks for your assistance, openness, and positive outlook. Best of wishes for your coming adventures!
Tom, Your consistent support and ceaseless optimism have made the single greatest impact on my personal and academic development during my time at Colby. You are the perfect role model--I can only hope follow in your vast footsteps. Best of luck in life’s next chapter.
Thank you for your time and efforts teaching at Colby and advising many students, including me. I enjoyed your law and economics course a great deal; it was a great blend of both of my majors and confirmed my interest in law. I see the results of your work and teaching in the pages of the major newspapers of today. Enjoy your retirement and keep rooting for the White Mules!
Well, Tom, what can be said about a man who has inspired so many environmental economists (including me) and played such a pivotal role in the development of the field? All I can say is thanks -- for the inspiration, your dedication, your insights, your help over the years, and, most importantly, for being a really, really nice guy!
To a wise, patient, generous and thoughtful colleague, mentor and teacher. You have been and continue to be a dedicated, energetic and inspirational leader in our field. Generations of students and young scholars have benefited from your teaching and scholarship. We are all grateful!
I look forward to many more years of working with you during your “retirement.”
Thank you for your excellent teaching and support for the Environmental Studies Department at Colby. I still remember the kickoff of the Environmental Studies Club when we had brownie sundaes at your house - the best way to start any environmental activity!
Thank you for making my experience of being an ES major so fantastic. I hope retirement treats you well and good luck with all of your future endeavors!
I think I was in the first group of students you taught at Colby in the late 1970's! Your urban policy course led me to pursue a career in city planning that has served me quite well. I'm in my 25th year as the Planning Director for Salem, New Hampshire. Congratulations on your retirement and best wishes for the future!
You, more than any person, have defined my academic experience at Colby these past four years. Your classes have opened my eyes to a whole new world of economics -- so much so that I am now pursuing a career in the subject.
I have also been lucky to have had you as an advisor for the past two years. You have always had an open door and such wonderful things to say.
It was a pleasure and an honor to take your Environmental Economics class at Colby. It was one of the two courses that convinced me Economics was the major I had to pursue and I am so happy I made that choice! Best wishes for a wonderful life post-Colby!
Dear Tom: I was an uninspired student until I had the honor of taking Environmental Economics with you my junior year. I thank you so much for "turning on my light" (an energy efficient one of course...) and altering the course of my life thereafter. Many thanks, and I wish you the best in your future endeavors. Fondly, Jonathon K. Yormak
Professor Tietenberg, Taking your Environmental and Nature Resource Economics class was truly inspiring and rewarding. It was an honor to be taught by such a friendly, witty, and truly exceptional professor who has made so many contributions to environmental studies. To me, you are a living example of all the good work that can be done for the environment, and therefore confirmed my choice of an Environmental Studies major as the right one. Good luck in your retirement, and thank you.
I have learned so much in ES 118! Thanks so much for inspiring us to create change in the world, and for supporting me in my decision whether or not to transfer. I think differently about my impact on the environment now, and I know my friends in the class do as well. Thanks so much for everything!
I really enjoyed taking Environmental Economics with you. You combine passion for the subject with humor and unique first-hand experience. You've inspired me about the potentials of economics to protect the environment. Thank you for all you've done for Colby and for environmental economics. I wish you the best with your future endeavors.
Prof. Tietenberg, Of all the starts to a Colby education, taking environmental economics with you was the best anyone could have. Thanks for your help with everything, and good luck with all your future endeavors. Isaac
Thank you for opening my eyes to a world where economics and the environment are compatible. Your teaching has had a lasting impact on my world view. I still reference your textbook.
Thank you for everything and best of luck in the future!
Thank you so much for offering the course on Law&Economics, it was an honor to take it with you last year. It is so far the best course I have ever taken, not just because of the content, the more important is the discussions that we had in the class. I guess it will remain on top of my list for quite a long time. I only wish I could have had taken more courses with you. Again, Thank you very much for you have done to Colby, Colby students, and of course, Environment Economics.
Dear Professor Tietenberg, I wish you all the best in your retirement! Through you I learned a real appreciation for environmental economics and for the environment. I remember you as one of my most inspirational professors, and how I always looked forward to your classes. I know you will be missed. Best wishes for a wonderful next phase of your life! Kit Williams (Class of '84)
Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to Colby. It was a pleasure attending your classes and a privlege to have been taught by you so many years ago. Believe it or not I can still remember the gist of your lectures on trading emissions credits on the open market. Amazing how relevant those ideas are almost 25 years later.
Best wishes to you during the next stage of your life - I hope it is filled with new adventures and travel to many destinations. You were a great advisor and I have many fond memories of Colby and your classes and insight - they have left a profound impression on me and on my career.
Your Law and Economics class was one of my very favorite at Colby. You were a great teacher and advisor. I have fond memories of my work with you on the Law of Joint and Several Liability! I wish you all the best.
During my time at Colby, I was fortunate enough to take almost every one of your classes, including Environmental Economics, Law & Economics, and Senior Seminar--and you were even my honors thesis advisor! Needless to say, your teachings had an immensely positive impact on my time at Colby, shaped my view on countless world issues, and taught me many skills that I still use today. And juding by this website, you've obviously done the same for hundreds of students! I thank you for your teachings and advice, and wish you many years of enjoyable retirment. Congratulations!
It was about 30 years ago that I had the honour of being your student. I have since become an economist myself, mostly working in the Canadian central bank. Thanks so much for your introduction to a wonderful discipline and a unique way of thinking. All the best in your retirement.
Thanks for everything! You've been an incredible inspiration to me, not only in your commitment to your students and the environment, but in exceptional strength of character and unfailing optimism.
It was a pleasure taking one of your environmental econ courses. This was my first exposure to anything really related to the environment. You really were ahead of your time more than 20 years ago.
I hope you will continue to do consulting and bring change to other groups beyond Colby. Also enjoy the time with your family!!
Your classes on Environmental Economics and your mentorship of my senior economic thesis are 2 of my favorite memories from Colby. Your lessons have impacted, and continue to impact my daily life as I've made investment decisions in both public and private equity markets, domestically and globally. You have helped to spawn a whole new investment philosophy. It has truly been an honor. Thank you for everything, and best of luck in retirement. You'll be sorely missed!
It was great to see you in October when I was back at Colby for the Overseer meetings. I really enjoyed catching up.
I am so pleased to have had a chance to study with you during my time at Colby. You made a huge difference in my educational experience.
I came to Colby from a mediocre, urban, public school. I had a lot of catch up to do when I arrived. The economics courses were the first at Colby to really "spark" me academically. Intuitive, challenging, conceptual, lots of real world application, interdisciplinary. I loved being able to focus on the integration of economics, government and public policy.
You found me my first Jan Plan internship at the New York Times magazine group. I loved it.
I also remember coming in to your office with the first draft of my senior paper. You suggested adding more math and making it an honors paper. You taught me the econometrics necessary to beef it up. To this day, I assume that doing an honor thesis and being able to talk in my interview about the importance of interdisciplinary work was what got me into the Wharton MBA program. Thank you.
I have three boys in junior high and high school. My hope is that I will end up with at least one kid at Colby College. Every undergraduate should have the benefit of being educated at a top liberal arts school. I only wish you were still going to be there to teach them.
Thanks for all you have done for all of us lucky enough to catch your academic enthusiasm!
I never would have guessed in a million years I would study Economics, but after taking Environment and Society and later Environmental and Natural Resource Economics with you, I knew right away I wanted to do what ‘he does.’ So here I am, an Environmental Policy and Economics double major. Thanks for showing me this direction through your superior service as an intellectual and as a kind human being. I will always hold fond memories of your lectures and time working with you; and will always wish you could have stayed two more years (so I could have taken your senior seminar!). It’s been an honor knowing you. I wish you the best in these years to come.
Dear Prof. Tietenberg, I LOVED my environmental econ classes with you. I can remember sitting in the computer lab (yes, before everyone had laptops) working on my paper about the economics of poaching elephant and rhino tusks until all hours of the night and actually enjoying so much I didn't realize I was up all night! Thank you for choosing to spend your time at Colby. Best of luck in retirement. Enjoy!
To me, one of the best things that happens when you learn - whether it be in the classroom or out in the "real" world - is recognizing something you've learned before in a totally new context and then expanding upon the previous knowledge.
Thanks for taking Economics and putting it in a nature preserve, a deep ocean fishery, a rain forest, and in the physical plant and conscience of Colby's campus.
Enjoy retirement and keep teaching those around you!
Thank you, Tom, for inspiring two decades of Colby students. Your passion, curiosity, and zest for learning and teaching were contagious. The critical minds you inspired are out there now, changing the world!
Though I never had the benefit of taking a class from Tom, nor even or attending Colby College, I also learned an awful lot from Tom Tietenberg. And I got to have him as a colleague, too, at least for a short period of time. Tom’s an outstanding scholar, an even better teacher and a great colleague. In fact, he’s one of this country’s most outstanding resources—though of the human rather than the natural sort!
Congratulations, Tom, on your retirement and may the next phase of your life be as successful as the first, wonderful phase.
I was in one of your first classes when you arrived at Colby, and was inspired by your analytical approach to environmental issues from the beginning. I have enjoyed staying in touch over the years, and particularly seeing you at various Trustee/faculty functions. You have been a very important part of the Economics faculty that is such a powerhouse at Colby. You will certainly be missed, but I am glad you have a healthy retirement to look forward to!
Congratulations and I wish you the best of luck! It was a wonderful experience to be in your last ES118 class. You've helped me see all the exciting possibilities related to the environment and that has given me courage to pursue them (in spite of my parents' belief that I won't be able to find a job) Thank you, Li Yu Chan '11 Come to Malaysia if you have time!
Tom---my time at Colby was very much shaped by your mentorship and guidance. Learned a tremendous amount, life lessons that have stayed with me for (hard to believe) 25+ years.
Your intellect, humor and warmth came together in a way that really mattered. Always think fondly of my time at Colby, thanks!
(ps--good luck in retirement, call me if you ever get to Charlotte and/or Cape Cod)
I recall being a sophomore in your environmental economics class and being totally overwhelmed. I was as passionate then, as now, about the subject but simply didn’t have the tools at the time.
So, 25 years later I’m sitting at my computer trading emails with various people about developing lending programs for consumers and businesses trying to reduce their carbon footprint when I get an invite to say a few words about you. Talk about cosmic connections!
Since I’ve left Colby, I think I’ve told my own take on the environment and the economy to anyone who will listen. You helped to lay the basis for all my rants. And, while it hasn’t changed the world, it’s finally making a difference.
Even though I was regretfully unable to take a class with you during my time at Colby, I did thoroughly appreciate your presence in the ES department. It was always a treat to sit at your end of the table during ES colloquium dinners and your thoughtful comments on my colloquium response papers spurred me to think in different ways.
Thanks so much for being a wonderful professor outside of the classroom. I wish you the best in your future endeavors. Happy Retirement! Kathryn Bartholomew '07
I still find myself using frameworks learned in your Law & Econ class; it was an honor to have been your student. May your retirement bring you much happiness.
Professor Tietenberg. Just wanted to drop you a note to thank you for your passion for teaching and economics - I thoroughly enjoyed my classes with you in Micro Principles and Environmental Economics! Thank you also for your guidance and support during my years at Colby. You will surely be missed by future students. Wishing you much hapiness. Thank you!! Tracy Mungeam '91
After an amazing career, you have amply earned a restful retirement, but I really doubt you will actually rest at all! Your energy was always amazing and spilled into everything and everyone around you. Twenty six years later, I'm still running on some of that contagious drive and enthusiasm I contracted from you! As for your accomplishments, market economics may be a bust but people like you can work miracles and make even an old mule run like a race horse. Cheers and congratulations to you on all of your contributions to inspire students, save our environment, and make the world a better place!
Tom, your work had a great influence on me that led to a career in economic development/real estate. It is also nice to see that all of your work on emissions trading has now become commonplace.
Warren S. Rosenthal President Falcon Commercial Brokers, LLC and Economic Development Director Lewis County Lowville, NY
Your work has had such reach. In class we were engaged, afterwards we were prepared to consider issues through the lens you helped us to develop, and finally, in my case, I was inspired to advanced study in public administration. To this day, after 25+ years, my husband (Skip Thibault, '81) and I actually recall specific discussions from your environmental class -- impassioned exchanges around issues we were prepared to discuss intelligently because of your work. As a fellow educator, I hope for a legacy such as yours!
Rest on your laurels and enjoy retirement knowing your work is carries on with us.
I became an environmental economics professor, in a large part, because of my experiences with you: both my experiences in the classroom, where I took courses in environmental and natural resource economics and in environment and society; but also my experiences with you as an advisor, where you helped suggest courses to take at Colby, and where to work and go to graduate school after college. Thank you. As a student, I appreciated your hard work and clarity as a professor, making environmental economics alive and interesting. As an advisee, I found your open-door policy and willingness to listen and give helpful advice invaluable. Advice was always given in a friendly, patient, kind-hearted manner. As a professor, I now have a great appreciation for your work as well: both your research on tradable permits, which has inspired some of my own work, but also the wonderful textbook that I have used in my own classes. I wish you all the best in your retirement.
Sincerely, Erin Mansur (Colby class of 1995) Associate Professor, Yale School of Management
Thanks for teaching my most interesting class while at Colby. The concepts I learned in your course are extremely germane to the current climate discussion. I am honored to have been taught by one of the profession's true pioneers and leaders.
Tom -- you have been an inspiration to me ever since I read your first article on trading and then got to know you better as our paths would cross professionally and particularly at RFF. In addition to being a creative inspiration, I learned from you how to put in the time every day -- "success being 9 parts perspiration..." Your easy going and selfless manner is another wonderful role model although tougher to emulate!
Congratuations for a sparkling career. I hope you keep it up to some degree. Folks like you are too scarce in the world.
Every time from first to the most recent that I used your book for a class or read one of your papers I learned.
Your research defined the most important policy instrument of our times -- tradeable permits.
Your organizational skills are legendary. All that and you are never too busy to help someone.
Thank you for defining and teaching environmental economics to thousands of undergraduates thru your text, for helping to make our professional organization relevant and supportive, and most of all for your friendship.
I am sure you will redefine and help us to understand what academic retirement should be in the same way you did for environmental economics. All the best.
Professor Tietenberg, I cannot remember all the countless times I have bragged to friends at other schools that I was taught by the world authority in Environmental Economics. The good you have done for the world with your studies is something that I could only dream to achieve. I hope that when I graduate, I will be so lucky to live the life you have led, one which positively changes the world while simultaneously bettering all the people around you. Studying under you has been one of my fondest experiences at Colby. I only wish you would continue to teach more students so you could inspire them like you have inspired me. Thank you so much,
Congratulations on such a long, distinguished and impactful career. You sparked my interest in the practical applications of economics that have served me incredibly well over these past 20+ year (gulp!). More importantly, you demonstrated and shared through your passion, commitment and thoughfulness the importance of thought and personal leadership.
Best of luck in the next stage of your journey. Enjoy! And THANK YOU!
Congratulations on a career that has delivered pioneering thought leadership in environmental economics. I thoroughly enjoyed my coursework with you and think of you often as the ideas we discussed in class 20 years ago are now in the headlines.
Thank you for your expertise, wisdom, and sense of humor. Your teaching of Environmental Economics led me to pursue an Honors Thesis at Colby (with you as an Advisor!), a career in climate change consulting, and most recently, an MBA degree with a concentration in environmental economics.
You have made a tremendous impact, not only at Colby, but in the world.
It was nice running into you at URI last year! Be in touch if your travels bring you this way again.
Tom, your courses on Law and Economics and International Economics helped encourag me to pursue a career in international finance. 25 years later and I am still grateful!
Tom- what a pleasure it's been having you as a colleague and friend over these past 30(!) years at Colby. Thank you for including me in ES118 projects and for your help with library issues relating to ES. It's been exciting to see ES grow with your vision and expertise.
On a personal note, Russ and I enjoy having you as a golf partner and hope that collaboration can increase in the future. Congratulations on a highly successful career and best wishes for an enjoyable retirement.
I am profoundly grateful for having had the opportunity to study under you during my time at Colby. I continue to benefit from your teachings every day in my classes at Duke, and am very lucky to have had you explain so many concepts in a way I could understand. Thank you for everything you’ve given to me and to the school. Best wishes in your retirement!
Your belief in me and what I could achieve helped get me on the path to a career I love and much success along the way. Thank you for being a wonderful Professor, a great advisor and for helping me to get my first job.
Wishing you the best, Jennifer Ancker Colby Class of 1995 Executive Director, Graham Capital Management, a $5.5B hedge fund located in Rowayton, CT www.grahamcapital.com
Tom, you were the source of tremendous positive externalities that spilled over into the world. Public goods of economic analysis and education are typically undersupplied except by committed people of such high character as yours. You corrected society's artificially high discount rate which de-values future generations by developing and implementing sustainable practices and passing them on to future generations through us, your students. There, see, the lessons at least somewhat stuck. You certainly helped set me on a path in renewable energy policy that I am continuing on.
One of the smartest things I did in college was to take as many classes from you as possible. My time with you helped make Colby the extraordinary experience it was for me. In the 12 years since I graduated, I’ve gotten even more mileage than I expected out of the things I learned with you. Now, I’m back in Washington, DC as the climate change debate intensifies. I will continue to think of you and your scholarship and inspiration every time I hear the words “cap-and-trade”—which is to say, all the time.
Thank you, congratulations, and I wish you all the best in your retirement.
It was wonderful privilege to be in your class and to be your advisee. Thank you for all the hard work you have done to build Colby's environmental studies program and to change the world's approach to environmental issues.
Taking ES118 in the fall of my freshman year inspired me to become an ES major and I owe that in part to your dedication to the course. I learned a lot from you, especially during my research project on wind energy, a subject that I continue to be intrested in.
I am so grateful that you allowed me to take your environmental economics class concurrently with intro to micro principles because your class was one on my favorites at Colby so far and, I feel privelged to have been your student. I think often about what I learned in your class.
Your positive outlook is an inspiration to me as I continue to learn about the environment and do my part to make the world more green.
How many carbon credits or fishery quotas would it take to convince you not to retire for a few more years?
We're working on younger son Jake, a junior in high school, to fulfill his destiny -- going to Colby, majoring in Economics, and having the honor of also being your research assistant to follow in his mother's footsteps. Perhaps a good example of sustainable or at least sustaining development?
You truly embody all the best the Colby offers. You inspire a passion for learning and a quest to explore. You and your family are simply some of the best people we've had the privilege to count among our friends.
Thank you for all the lives you have touched and inspired.
Jill Stasz Harris ('86) also on behalf of Brent Harris ('86), Brad Harris (honorary '86), and Jake Harris (possibly '13?)
It is an honor to be given the chance to salute the positive influence you had on my academic experience at Colby. What I learned from you has had and will continue to have insurmountable influence on the way I explore and examine complexities in society. You instilled in me an optimism towards the presence of human volition to create change rationally and I thank you for that.
You are the reason I majored in economics! I loved energy and environmental economics--you made both subjects vital before "green" and "eco-friendly" were household terms. Thanks for all you've done for Colby and the wider (way wider!) community. I look forward to seeing you around town. Good luck in your retirement.
I had this feeling that a significant part of my life had come full circle when my daughter told me she was using your textbook in her Environmental Economics class at Carleton College. Your contribution to the field endures, truly. Best of luck in retirement.
Tom - I don't know what my Colby experience would have been without you. You were an excellent professor and mentor who opened my eyes to a new way of thinking about the world around me. Thank you for the years you have put in to teaching others and I hope you will continue to share your wealth of knowledge in the future. I wish you all the best.
Thank you for your energy, enthusiasm, curiousity, openness, compassion, thoughtfulness, encouragement, excellent advice, and sharing your knowledge. You changed my life for the better and are an outstanding role model.
Best Wishes for Further Adventures in Your Life, Elaine Peterson '82
Who would have thought I could combine by econ and religion majors with a thesis on environmental policy in the Old Testament. Only at Colby and only with you. Best wishes in your retirement.
Prof Tietenberg, Let me join the chorus thanking you for your long years of service to Colby, its students, the academic profession and the global community. You are a rare commodity having impacted so many individual students while at the same time shaping the pace, tenor and direction of the worldwide discourse on environmental issues. Colby is richer for your having been there. Best, Andrew Milgram '96
It was a pleasure working on my 345 with you regarding Water Privatization in Latin America. It is the professors like you who make Colby such a special and rewarding place. Thank you for your guidence and your commitment to the Econ department. I wish you the best of luck in your upcoming adventures.
Thanks for all that you taught me-- both about economics and life. It was a pleasure, and an honor to learn from you while at Colby and to get your advice since then.
I'm a little sad to learn that future Colby students won't have the same opportunity, but heartened that you've taught so many that are doing great things in this world.
Enjoy the next phase in your life-- and make sure you still figure out a way to lick this whole climate change mess we've got on our hands.
Thank you for your advice and counsel on my senior project in Law and Economics back in the Spring of '87. I enjoyed our many conversations regarding the economics of sports law.
I have long praised the education I received as a student of yours and others on Colby's economics faculty. I was also fortunate enough to benefit from your sage counsel as my advisor. It is inspiring to read in these comments of the many lives you have touched, both at Colby and beyond. I am proud to add my name to that list. Thanks for your tutelage, and enjoy your retirement.
Tom, You probably don't remember me, but 28 years after taking your Environmental Economics class and having you as a senior thesis advisor (remember the thrilling saga "Economic Implications of Chlorofluorocarbon Regulations"), your work and tutelage continue to be a profound influence in my life. Your infectious classroom enthusiasm combined with an absolutely stellar style of teaching and mentoring has remained a vivid memory that constantly inspires my life. After leaving Colby and dabbling in chemical engineering, nuclear submarines, Harvard Business School, consulting firms of all stripes, I have found myself back in the arena that I found most rewarding over a quarter of a century ago: economics and sustainable development. This time it is clean energy and a low carbon economy. I find myself a leader in a firm called New Energy Finance www.newenergyfinance.com (and it sister organization New Carbon Finance www.newcarbonfinance.com) working with a cadre of people who are not only passionate about making rational change happen, but have been designers behind the EU ETS, Kyoto Global and other emerging policies necessary to transform the global economy. Our work is being presented at Davos, the Clinton Global Initiative, UNFCCC as well as leading corporations and financial institutions around the globe. I feel privileged to be working in such an intellectually active space with some of the brightest people in the world. I truly believe that none of this would be possible had it not been for the crazy serendipitous accident that led me to take your class as an elective. That elective turned into a second major and led the way to a very meaningful and rewarding life. Thank you for selflessly taking the time to work with a kid of modest intelligence and giving him the tools to seek out and find a passionate pursuit. There are none better than you. Cheers, Ken Bruder '81 London
As you retire from the job that my parents wish I had (just up the road a piece from them..ayuh), please know that you have been a source of learning and inspiration to me over the years. Thanks for the great introductory text books (which I've consulted numerous times over the years) and the book on permit trading and numerous other articles that I've read over the years. You have truly contributed richly to our profession and I feel lucky to know you.
Enjoy your retirement in Maine and renenber it's "the way life should be!"
Dear Prof. Tietenberg, Twenty two years ago, I picked Colby based on the economics department. Your ability to pass on knowledge, and make us want to do better in your class was unmatched. You challenged us to become better critical thinkers. That has stayed with me today. You will be missed by future Colby students. Thank you for all you have done. Enjoy this new chapter. Julie Depew Shaffer '90
Tom, First of all an apolgy for being out of touch for way too long. And I'm sorry that this contact comes at this stage of your career.
I am pretty sure that I was your very first advisee (we all have our crosses to bear!). I still remember Wayne Smith of the Chemistry department telling me in the spring of my junior year(1977) that a very exciting professor would be joining the econ department and would make a major impact on me during my senior year. Wow! was he right! What continues to impress me the most about you was the fact that you quickly formed a partnership with me despite my rather midling academic credentials. Your engagement, and socratic coaching of me during my final year at Colby was one of the defining events of my four year experience and has made me a life-long believer and supporter of the small liberal arts pedagogy. Despite not having been in touch with you, I always ask about you as I do my alumni interviewing, and I have had the opportunity to get to know Fred Krupp of the Environmental Defense Fund who, like me, holds you in very high regard. Thank you so much for all you did fo me and best wishes for a rich and rewarding life off of Mayflower Hill. You are a very fortunate person having the knowledge that you touched so many people in such a positive way. Bob Underhill 1978 runderhill@shorenstein.com
I was lucky to take your class and major in economics during your tenure. No question the course left a lasting impression on my undergrad experience. Best of luck in the retirement!
Congratulations on an incredibly successful career. It is one that will be remembered for a long time to come given the significant impact you have made on some of the most important policy debates of our era.
I am honored to be counted among the thousands of people you influenced in your years at Colby and will always appreciate the impact you had on my education as well as personal growth.
Jenny, Jane (4) and Mary (2.5) join me in wishing you much success in all your future endeavors. I hope our paths will cross again.
Tom: I couldn't have imagined a better mentor for the beginning of my teaching (and environmental studies) career. Colby will miss you considerably, I'm sure. I'll remain grateful for everything you've done to help me along in my career and for the model of an engaged scholar/teacher you've provided!
Dear professor Tietenberg, thanks for being an outstanding teacher of law and economics and for single handedly giving my carreer a boost with only one class - I now work in law and economics. You have given me more than you ever imagined. A million thanks and have a fun and exciting retirement.
Congratulations on your contributions to both the people you've touched, Colby and beyond. Warmest wishes in your future pursuits since I suspect you won't really "retire"...
I was in your first class at Colby. Thank you. You taught price theory, and I went on to be a pricing strategist for global corporations. Everyday for almost 30 years in my career since Colby, I have applied the economic foundations and the social conscience you taught in ways that effect millions of lives.
Warmest regards, and best wishes. And again, thank you.
I wish I could have come to Colby just a year earlier so that I could have taken your Law and Economics or Environmental Economics seminar ...I am just one year late... sigh...
I really appreciate what you did to the field of environmental economics and I wish to go to grad school to learn more about it...
Congratulations on your 31 years of achievements!!
I struggled through Micro with you and somehow survived to major in Economics. Clearly it was your making sure I understood supply and demand. Congratulations on your retirement. Your teaching at Colby is yet another reason that the school continues to thrive! Best wishes for the next chapter in your life.
Thank you for introducing me to the meaningful and exciting world of economic policy work. Your environmental economics course sparked my interest in policy and prompted me to pursue a career in the economics of education policy. I can only hope that my teaching and research will have the type of lasting impact as yours.
Tom I cannot believe that it has been 31 years. I remember how excited we all were when you joined the Economics Department with great fanfare as the "new" professor. All of us majors hurried to sign up for your class. I clearly remeber studying monopolies with you in one of early classes. You were a fabulous professor and made it fun at the same time. Thank you for inspiring me to plow deeper into Economics. All the best in your next phase! Sincerely, Peter Schmidt-Fellner '78 PS; Looking forward to seeing you on May 13 in Darien Also: apologies if this is a duplicate entry, my first one seems to have disappeared
You probably don't remember, but you showed me a great kindness when you allowed me to take your advance environmental economics class without the prerequisite so that I could receive the necessary credits to graduate on time. I'm a little sheepish to admit it in this public forum, but I thought you should know that I never forgot it.
Moreover, ever since your class taught me to think differently and critically about environmental issues, I have maintained an interest in the topic. I am now a lawyer and am seriously considering a career in environmental law.
Thanks for being a great teacher and a great person.
Law and Economics was the course that showed me just how well-prepared I would be for Law School with my Colby Econ Major. I found myself teaching my Cornell classmates as we studied for exams! My work with you and your great colleagues inspired me not only to get my JD but then to walk away from the law firm when I found it unfullfilling to launch a new career in teaching AP Econ at private schools. My current work as a school business manager, teacher and coach truly grew from the foundation laid by you and your fine teaching at Colby. I have long told HS students headed to Colby (a few have come from my schools or camp) that they could not miss a Tietenberg Econ Course.
Thank you for all you have done to launch careers, inspire studies, and motivate students like me. You showed me a facinating part of the world by opening a door, taking my hand and showing me around; and, when you left to show others, I stayed and made a home in that room and I have never left.
With deepest gratitude, respect and admiration, congratulations on a fine career and best wishes for fantastic retirement.
Tom, on behalf of the entire Colby Board of Trustees, congratulations! To many of us you will always be remembered as a titan in the field of environmental and natural resources economics!! Your example of what a Colby citizen should be is reflected year in and year out thru the students that you have mentored.
How cool is it when a student can say "my professor conceived the concept of emissions trading"!
I have always believed that if one's legacy includes "he was a good man" than that person's career was a success! You my friend are a good man! The very best from all of us and call if you want to play 18 at PCC.
Tom--congratulations on your retirement (although I know you won't really be retiring). You have been a great mentor and counselor, and I can't thank you enough your encouragement and support for me at Colby and in my career. Your professionalism and dedication to your students (at Colby and beyond) are truly inspiring. And remember--if you ever complain about my work, you have no one to blame but yourself! It all started in *your* urban economics class!
I can’t begin to thank you enough for the time you spent teaching and mentoring me, or to tell you how influential you have been in my career thus far.
I first made contact with you my junior year while studying at the London School of Economics. I was finishing up my first environmental economics course, felt that I’d finally found my niche, and emailed you a barrage of questions asking how I could become involved in the subject at Colby. You graciously responded with answers to each of my questions and I eagerly made personal contact with you as soon as I arrived on campus my senior year.
During that year you served as an incredible teacher, advisor, mentor and friend. In addition to taking your courses, I had the privilege of serving as your research assistant (working to update your text book which I only later learned is widely used at college campuses across the country). I also cannot forget the time you spent with me serving as my thesis advisor, helping me to petition the environmental studies department to fulfill course requirements in order to add the minor, and helping me to find my first job. At least one of my job offers (a research assistant position with RFF) I’m sure I received only because of your influence and my interactions with you.
After working for several years and debating my future, I ultimately pursued a graduate degree in public policy, again in no small part due to your influence and the conversations we had long ago about potential career paths. At UC Berkeley I continued to pursue environmental studies and economics. With two weeks to go in the semester, imagine my delight when the topic for my capstone economics project was announced – design a cap and trade program to limit carbon emissions in California! Thanks to your lectures from years ago, I had a much easier time creating a model policy than did most other students who never had the privilege of studying under a pioneer of cap and trade programs.
As part of my current job as an economic consultant, I interact with academics on a regular basis and have yet to come across one as dedicated to their students as you. It is indeed a rarity to find an economist with such a genuine enthusiasm for and commitment to teaching and who has made such a prominent and enduring impact on their field of study.
You will be sorely missed on campus, but the influence that you have had on current and former students, colleagues, and your field will live on for many years to come. Wishing you all the enjoyment that retirement has to offer!
Warmly, Andrea (Murphy) Okie Class of 2000 Consultant in Energy Economics, Analysis Group, Inc.
I would like to congratulate your retirement. Although I have never had a chance to talk with you in person or to be your student during my 4years at Colby, I wish you enjoy your retirement. If you come to Korea by any chance, please let me know. I will be happy to show you around. Thank you and I wish all the best.
Congratulations on your retirement. Your Microeconomics class was the reason I decided to major in Economics and minor in Environmental Studies. I am forever grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from you. Thank you.
At some ASSA meeting when I was a newly minted PhD, I was excited to introduce myself to the author of the text I was using in my class. Instead, you came over to introduce yourself to me and talked to me about the core paper out of my dissertation, for which you were one of the journal reviewers. I owe you a lot for that one. Since then, I’ve always enjoyed our wide-ranging conversations whenever our paths have crossed. Your love of teaching, your very broad perspective on environmental and resource economics, and your insatiable intellectual curiosity and openness will be sorely missed. You’ve been a very valuable public good.
Congratulations Professor Tietenberg on a well-deserved retirement! I learned a great deal from you during my years at Colby, and have very fond memories of the time I spent with you and the rest of Colby's tremendous Economics Department. Good luck to you and thank you, sincerely, for your incredible contribution.
Tom - You took a chance sponsoring my thesis and I really appreciate it. It was an incredible learning experience for me. Your support and guidance added so much value to my Colby education. Thank you. Best wishes. Ben Sigman '99
Congratulations and best of luck in life’s next chapter.
I suspect that you won’t be retiring, but will be moving on to the many projects for which you didn’t have time when you were teaching. Arizona in the winter and Maine in the summer is a great combination.
From you I learned the power and limits of economics, and the importance of believing in people. These lessons are with me to this day. thank you and very best wishes, Susan French Fine, '82
Thanks so much for everything Tom and good luck in your retirement. You will certainly be missed. I'm grateful I got to learn environmental economics from the master just in the knick of time!
Tom -- You're an inspiration, a terrific teacher, colleague, and researcher. My students and I have learned so much from your books, and I’ve learned a huge amount from your papers on emissions trading and other matters. I’m indebted to you for being consistently willing to supply, cheerfully yet straightforwardly, your valuable comments on my own work. I hope this “retirement” involves mainly cutting back on dreary university obligations rather than on contributing to environmental economics!
Tom, I remember the couple weeks, the first month or so I arrived at RFF, that I read 'Emission Trading' cover-to-cover. It has influenced everything I have done ever since. As seminal as that is, really it is not how I remember your work. You have been ever-present in the practical world. Finally, you have been so kind and generous and inspirational. I just want to say thank you. Sincerely, Dallas Burtraw
Tom, I remember the couple weeks, the first month or so I arrived at RFF, that I read 'Emission Trading' cover-to-cover. It has influenced everything I have done ever since. As seminal as that is, really it is not how I remember your work. You have been ever-present in the practical world. Finally, you have been so kind and generous and inspirational. I just want to say thank you. Sincerely, Dallas Burtraw
Professor Tietenberg, I learned so much from you in your Environmental Economics course and in working on my senior thesis with you. Thank you for everything and best wishes in your retirement! Sincerely, Marika (Schwartzman) Bruell '94
Your work on emissions trading has had a profound effect on the ability of our country -- any many others -- to tackle serious environmental problems. Mazel tov on your retirement!
It has been great to be your colleague and to work with you as a member of Colby's Environmental Advisory Group. I have thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with you on Colby's many sustainability initiatives. You have left your handprint on Colby and it is green!
I will always remember your dedication to your students and your exuberance for a subject that I was initially hard pressed to believe was engaging. Having been through grad school (where your env. econ. book was our text) and now nearing the end of (environmental) law school, I can't count the times what you taught me has been indispensable. I credit you with starting me down the path I tread today.
Colby with be less for the loss of your excellence. But after all your hard work, retirement is well deserved. Enjoy our beautiful state until I get back.
Congratulations on your retirement. I can still remember many of the lessons from your class. My only regret is that my daughter who is interested in environmental science and may attend Colby next year will not have the opportunity to take your class. We have all benefited from your teaching and writing. Thank you.
In 1987 I "accidentally" took Natural Resource and Environmental Economics during my senior year at Queens College, because there were no seats left in the Money and Banking course I wanted to take. Obviously the text for the course was Tietenberg - and that course changed the course of my life. I had found an area of work that combined both my passion for the environment with an intellectually challenging area of inquiry. The following year I began the PhD program in Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC-Berkeley.
Subsequently, with Tom Tietenberg (at Colby) and Rick Freeman (at Bowdoin), as role models of successful environmental economists at small New England schools, I joined the Economics department at Clark, where I continue to use Tom's texts in my classes (more recent editions of course!)
In recent years I've had the delightful experience of working with Tom on a number of his book series project - each opportunity has given me the "excuse" to learn new parts of natural resource and environmental economics. Tom was the most kind, gracious, patient editor imaginable.
Tom: best wishes as you enter this next phase of life - Enjoy!
Jackie Geoghegan Associate Professor Department of Economics Clark University Worcester, MA 01610
Tom We love you. Thank you for writing those wonderful textbooks for us to use in our classes. And for turning out neat graduates like Beth Scherer whom we could hire to give her some D.C. experience before she goes on to graduate school. Take care, Betsy and Martin David
Tom We love you. Thank you for writing those wonderful textbooks for us to use in our classes. And for turning out neat graduates like Beth Scherer whom we could hire to give her some D.C. experience before she goes on to graduate school. Take care, Betsy and Martin David
Tom, our many pleasant lunch dates have lasted years into MY retirement, so I hope they'll last many years into YOURs (when you can spare time away from your papers and speeches). You will *never* really lapse into a feckless retirement, and I know that you will remain the kind of iconic figure in the Green-Trade-Offs world that you are right now. And one of these days I may come to understand exactly what it is that your research really means. Until then, let's just have lunch at local cafes. Your choice. Charles Bassett
Thanks so much for all you taught me as a student and advisee. Your knowledge and perspective has played a huge role in my career, and I'm much the better for it. I hope you have many happy years of retirement ahead of you!
I so admire the effect you have had on generations of Colby students. But I am also grateful for the effect you will have on future students by helpfing develop such a strong environmental studies program and profile at Colby. Thanks for your inspiring and visionary leadership.
It has been a great pleasure working with you in various capacities over the years. I have always admired your vision, passion, understanding, and professional productivity. You have certainly been a strong influence on my professional career at Colby and made many valuable contributions to Colby and our Environmental Studies Program. Thanks for many years of sound advise, collegial support, environmental expertise, and friendship. Best wishes for a wonderful retirement. We will all miss you.
I am grateful to be among the multitude of students whose lives you have enriched in one way or another. From the first day that I walked into Joyce Matthews's office for my work-study assignment (you were chair of the department then), I knew I had found a home away from home. I always will admire your kindness, professionalism, humility, and especially your dedication to your discipline, which is eclipsed only by your dedication to your students.
Thanks for all you have taught us--both inside and outside the classroom.
Best wishes for a joyful and long-lasting retirement.
It is really phenomenal to realize that you have had an impact on students' lives -- similar to the impact you had on mine -- since before I was born! The compound effect of a whole generation of students inspired by your classes and mentoring, and the people they have motivated in turn... it honestly gives me hope for the future of our planet. And even though I know you won't, you could easily lean back in your retirement, and simply enjoy the knowledge that you have changed people's lives, and steered the course of our world a little bit closer to its optimal path.
I didn't know when I came to Colby what a perfect match it would be. I had a feeling I wanted to major in Economics, but until I took your Environmental and Natural Resource class, I didn't really know why. You confirmed exactly what I had hoped: that Economics could indeed be used to change the world for the better, and you gave me the tools necessary to begin figuring out how. I proceeded to take every Economics class you taught, and my only regret is not doubling up with Environmental Studies (as it would have increased the number of classes I could have taken with you).
I don't think I could have had a better mentor for my senior scholars project. You managed to direct my inquiry without ever explicitly telling me which way to head; you allowed me to arrive at my own questions (and answers) without ever telling me what to do or to think. I try to follow your example when advising my current students' Extended Essays, but I still have ways to go...
You have always been there when I have needed advice, most recently on where to apply to PhD programs. Despite always being excessively busy, you never grumbled when I asked you for references or recommendation letters, or when I felt the need to bounce any number of ideas off you (ranging from dialogue housing to my Watson project proposal).
But your influence went beyond academics. I am grateful for the confidence you had in me during the scaffolding-debacle, for the kindness and care you showed whenever I faltered, and not to forget: for our ground-breaking ice cream investigations!
I consider myself lucky not only for having been allowed to work closely with you, but for knowing a person as wise, as humble, and as generous as you.
I don't dare to say I aspire to be like you. I set my goals high, but I'll settle for a fraction of what you are, both as an academic, as a teacher, and as a person.
With the warmest wishes possible for your retirement,
When I heard that you were retiring, my first reaction was "Well, at least I'm graduating now." I can't imagine having anyone else as my advisor. Every time I have needed something, you have been there to help and then some. I'm so grateful for everything you have done, thank you for being such a great advisor and professor.
I sincerely enjoyed having you as a teacher and project adviser in ES118. I learned a tremendous amount of information and was inspired to continue forward. Your contributions to the ES department have not gone unnoticed, even by second year students like myself. As a young environmentalist it is great to have accomplished people like you to look up to.
Tom, I want to wish you all the best as you retire. No doubt you have touched countless hearts and minds in your 31 years of teaching Economics at Colby. You changed my life with your support and caring and always impressed me with your humility, especially given how brilliant you are. You taught me that questions and curiosity are essential in learning. You made it easy to want to learn and understand everything. Thank you for being such a special person and giving yourself and your life to make so many students' lives that much better. Sincerely, Meg Wimmer DiBari '85
Dear Tom, I've greatly enjoyed working with you and learning from you over the last several years. You've helped build a tremendously successful Environmental Studies program, and you've obviously influenced many talented, smart, and enthusiastic students. Enjoy the next phase of your life, and I hope to see you once in a while on campus! You'll be missed! All my best, Cathy Bevier
even though you have been my colleague for only a short period of time, I know I will miss you dearly. Your wise words, great humor and infinite knowledge of things Economics and beyond have contributed much to me feeling at home at Colby. Best wishes for your retirement, though I hope we'll see you at least for the occasional Friday lunch.
You are an example of what we all aspire to be in this profession: a good-humored colleague, a gifted teacher, and prodigious scholar. If I can match your talents in any one of these areas, I will consider myself to be very successful indeed. Thank you for the friendship and mentorahip you have provided all along.
With warmest wishes for everything yet to come, Phil
Best wishes for your retirement, Tom. I have always thought of you as the consummate colleague--inspiring teacher, renowned scholar, and selfless Colby citizen.
As a new faculty member I can certainly say that your career represents a model to follow. I will miss very much your wisdom, sound judgment and great sense of humor.
Missing this lecture tonight made me wish that I hadn't graduated, or at least lived closer to Colby (and not across the Atlantic). I can't tell you how grateful I am to have had you as a professor and advisor. I take your book and advice everywhere I go. Thank you for not only sharing your wisdom with me and others, but also letting me know that it's okay love dark chocolate as much as I do.
Tom, Congratulations on your retirement and deep thanks for your important contributions to environmental economics; you are one of the Giants whose shoulders are wide. Best, Cathy Kling Professor, Iowa State
I come to every class knowing that I am going to learn new and incredible things. Your classes in environmental economics are not only amongst the very best classes I have taken at Colby, they have completely changed the way I think about the world. Your knowledge, passion, and never-ending good humor inspire me to be better. I'm sure students are going to miss you greatly. Thank you and best wishes on your retirement.
Tom, I will remember good conversation, being educated about conservation, mixed (but still fun) golf. I will also remember friendship and support 1982-1988, while I was Dean. You won't recall everything because you were busy, but I won't forget how important and sustaining it was to be able to count on your intelligence, honesty, and good cheer. Thanks!
Retirement is terrific: keep doing the good stuff and forget the rest.
I really enjoyed and learned a lot in your classes, and to this day utilize the analytical thinking skills you so ably taught us.
All the best in your retirement, and I hope that you will still have periodic opportunities to share your insights with students, and the community at large going forward.
Tom is: 1) Incisive without pretentions 2) A practical visionary 3) An economist who erases the dismal part 4) A superb colleague and mentor in any arena.
The Spanish word for "retirement" is "jubilacio'n" - the same word as for "jubilation". So I hope you will have lots of jubilation in your jubilacio'n.
I still remember my job interview at Colby with you in March 1982 - 25 years ago! I was applying for a one-year position replacing Hank Gemery to teach the History of Economic Thought and US Economic History. You asked me: "what other courses would you like to teach?" I replied, "Marxian economics". I explained that I thought Economics needs more diversity and that part of the mission of a liberal arts college is critical thinking. You said immediately and enthusiastically, "You are right. That is a great idea." I got the job and the rest is history.
I will always be grateful to you for your open-mindedness and your support of diversity and your support of me personally.
To think, I chose your class as a freshman because you had the longest last name – and with a last name of Naysnerski I thought we had something in common. Boy was I right! Tom, I’m teaching Economics today because of you. You gave me the tools to channel my love of the environment into a world I never knew existed. Some people come into your life and change you forever. You were certainly one of those people for me. Thank you for your teaching, your support, your smile and your encouragement.
Wendy Naysnerski Morrison ‘90 “It is not so much what is poured into the student, but what is planted that really counts." - Unknown
Dear Professor Tietenberg, I would like to thank you for believing a young girl, coming to the US for the first time from Malawi to explore unchartered territories in 1989. You inspired me to study gender and economic development issues after taking your Environmental and Natural Resources Economics class. You took me under your wing to do my first independent study on "Women in Development as a Population Control Strategy". The rest has been history. Your guidance has inspired me to go farther in understanding gender issues and to do research that makes a difference in the lives of underprivileged people.
Thank you for the inspiration and congratulations on your upcoming retirement.
Congratulations on your retirement. Thanks to you I will always remember to be mindful of the externalities associated with my "human footprint". Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
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1 – 200 of 272 Newer› Newest»Tom -- it has been wonderful working with you. You have a remarkable ability to be incredibly productive, yet always finding time for a laugh (and a brownie). Thanks for all the time and green energy you have put into the ES Program. You will be missed.
Beth Kopp
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
It was an honor to have majored in Economics at Colby during your tenure. Your work on environmental credits has changed the world.
Best of luck in your retirement.
Sincerely,
Christian Antalics, '89
Prof. Tietenberg,
It was an honor to be your student and advisee. Your teachings and advice helped shape my life and career. I thank you and wish you the best of luck in your retirement.
Arman Gokgol-Kline '00
Tom,
You have given so much to Economics and Environmental Studies at Colby, helped green our campus, worked to shape the field of environmental economics, and made a tangible, "breathable" difference in the policy arena. May you be rewarded with many green-friendly days and the time to enjoy them with Gretchen in retirement!
Patrice Franko
Professor Tietenberg,
You made a lasting impression on me both as a citizen who looks at the world and the environment differently, and as a student. Your Law and Economics course sent me off to law school and I credit my passion and continued love of learning in my field to your great inspiration.
I wish you all the best,
Laura Friedewald Notes ('91)
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
You have had a great impact on my life. I worked as an economic consultant after graduating from Colby and have utilized the great analytical thinking you taught me throughout my career.
I wish you great enjoyment in your retirement.
Rick Abrams '78
Professor Tietenberg,
You were a wonderful adviser and teacher. Your environmental economics course continues to influence me as I pursue a graduate degree in fishery science at the University of Washington. Thanks for setting me off on the right foot, I am still on the path.
Wishing you the best,
Jessica Beetz '05
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
It was a pleasure having you as a professor at Colby. Your teachings had a profound impact on my education and I look back on my time in your classes fondly.
Enjoy your retirement!
Brian O'Sullivan, '94
Dear Professor,
I appreciated and admired the effort you put into your lectures. I still recall a lecture on the meaning of life/happiness. Not strictly course material, but quite relevant to economics.
Thank You,
Matt Barry '85
Professor Tietenberg,
I remember your class well almost 20 years ago and, in some ways, it seems like just yesterday. It occurs to me that you were ahead of your time then, to say the least. Your retirement is well-deserved, to be sure, but I wonder whether you might enjoy just a few more years at the College! These are important times as we think about the issues facing the environment. I'm sure it'd be accurate to say there are few people in the economics profession who are more qualified to help chart the course of the environmental debate. It was a pleasure being in your class. All the best and well done. Graham Powis '90
Tom,
I am so glad that I was able to take Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from you during your last year at Colby. You are a wonderful teacher and the knowledge I gained in your course will benefit me in my future career.
Jessica Harold '08
Professor Tietenberg,
Well done. It was honor to study Economics under your tenure at Colby. I learned how to synthesize data and think critically under your tutelage. Thank you. As a physician, I use these skills every day and I appreciate the time and patience you devoted to me. All the best. Once again, thank you.
Jonathan Eddinger '93
Professor Tietenberg,
Best of luck in retirement, and thank you for teaching some of my most memorable classes at Colby. Your Environmental Economics and Topics in Law & Economics classes remain my two favorite from my time on Mayflower Hill.
Happy Retirement!
Best,
Jon Nykvist
Colby 1997
Dear Professor Teitenberg
Although it is 26 years ago now that I graduated from Colby, I still have great memories of the Law and Economics and other econ courses that I took with you. You were, and no doubt still are, a great teacher and role model to the students who pass through your classroom. I wish you all the best as you enter the next phase of your life.
Mike Koonce,'82
Hi Professor Teitenberg after lo these many years -- You can't possibly be retiring, because that would mean I'm [almost] on deck! Thanks for being such a great teacher... you had an enduring & positive impact on a whole lot of lives. All the best in your next adventures.
Glenn Currier, '81
Hi Professor Teitenberg after lo these many years -- You can't possibly be retiring, because that would mean I'm [almost] on deck! Thanks for being such a great teacher... you had an enduring & positive impact on a whole lot of lives. All the best in your next adventures.
Glenn Currier, '81
Professor Tietenberg,
I enjoyed your environmental economics class not just for the content, which was great, but also because you had the ability to communicate with and engage your students. Your passion for teaching, for the environment and for economics were evident in and outside of the classroom. You were truly a wonderful and appreciated educator.
Best wishes in your retirement.
Joe Coan '78
Tom,
Many thanks for all that you have done over the years. Your urban and environmental courses really opened my mind to how important economics was to real world problems. In the 20+ years since taking those courses I haven't lost my enthusiasm from these first lessons. Good luck with your retirement, the profession will be poorer without you.
Andy Seltzer '87
Dear Prof. Tietenberg,
Greetings from São Paulo.
I returned to my home country of Brazil in 1992 during the International Environmental Congress. On my first day, I opened the newspaper and saw an article featuring Prof. Tietenberg. I proudly kept a copy of the paper and showed it around whenever any of my friends asked about college. I would say, "Brazil is looking at what Colby is doing to help the environment."
You have made a substantial "green" contribution, may you enjoy your retirement!
Cheers,
Marina Netto
Dear Prof. Tietenberg,
Greetings from São Paulo.
I returned to my home country of Brazil in 1992 during the International Environmental Congress. On my first day, I opened the newspaper and saw an article featuring Prof. Tietenberg. I proudly kept a copy of the paper and showed it around whenever any of my friends asked about college. I would say, "Brazil is looking at what Colby is doing to help the environment."
You have made a substantial "green" contribution, may you enjoy your retirement!
Cheers,
Marina Netto
Tom - I recall my classes with you fondly, and recall the early discussions about polution credits during a lot of the current news coverage. Congratulations on a well-earned retirement.
Barry Horwitz, '79
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
I want you to know that I think of you nearly every day as I walk into my own Economics class. I have tried to be half the teacher you were to me. Thanks for the standards you have set for scholarship, stewardship, and friendship over the years.
Brick Moltz '81
Tom,
Many thanks for ALL of your hard work with the ES Program, Economics Department, and many other roles at Colby. You have made a huge impact, and are leaving behind an amazing legacy that will inspire and motivate many to come. As a 6th Grade Science Teacher through Teach for America, I am integrating many of the concepts that I learned in your courses. Thanks again, and enjoy your retirement!
All the Best,
Ryan Weaver '07
I'm off to grad school this fall to study business and the environment, all because of the seed you planted in my head as a sophomore: 'Humans and the environment don't have to be at odds' you said with a smile. 'We have the tools right here to re-engineer the system.' Thanks for being the most important professor I had at Colby and one of the greatest environmental optimists of all time. Best of luck with your next chapter!
Elizabeth Turnbull '04
turnbull.e@gmail.com
Professor Tietenberg,
Thank you for introducing me to environmental economics in an engaging and friendly atmosphere, and congratulations on influencing so many individuals positively over your years at Colby. I wish you happiness in all that you do in the future.
Katrina Noyes, '03
Dear Prof. Tietenberg
Thanks for making the world of Economics fun and interesting to a Biology Major. Best of luck in your retirement.
Sincerely,
Barbara (Falcone) Smith '86
Professor Tietenberg,
Your guidance and the opportunity you gave me as a research assistant helped me to have a wonderful career both in academia and in business.
Enjoy all that retirement is supposed to offer.
Twenty five years later,
Melissa Raffoni
www.raffoniceoconsulting.com
Tom,
It was a pleasure and an honor to have been in your Environmental Econ class. When are you coming to Zimbabwe to give a lecture? All the best to you and your family.
Francis Chapuredima "06"
Zimbabwe, Africa.
Prof. Tietenberg,
What a long and distinguished career, befitting a truly great professor. Though I didn't pursue economics as a course of study after Colby, the disciple has helped me throughout my career as an attorney and policy-maker. Your classes were always special; your name synonymous with economics at Colby.
Wishing you all the best in whatever life next brings you,
Tom Dailey
Class of 1980
Professor Tietenberg -
Good luck with your next endeavors and thank you for helping to shape the person I am today. Colby will be a different place without you.
Jo(jo) Hardy Willegalle '91
Professor Tietenberg,
An absolute privilige and honour being in your classes. All the very best with your retirement - enjoy!
Cheers,
Staunton Bowen '97
Dear Professor Tietenberg:
Choosing a major was a difficult thing, but Economics finally settled it. I wanted something that I could readily relate to the real world, and my time at Colby culminated in your Law and Econ class and a rewarding senior seminar under your supervision. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to experience your professorship firsthand and assure you that your teaching has had permanent effects.
Best Regards,
Kevin Smith '92
Dear Tom,
To be frank you were the reason I decided to spend four years at Colby studying environmental policy. Now, I am in the second year of my MS/MBA at Michigan and often cite your guidance and inspiration as the impetus for my decision to go back to school. You have had a tremendous impact on my world view and career path; I can't thank you enough.
All the best in the years to come,
Devon Douglas '03
Tom,
It's a long time since we sat next to each other at our college graduation. I certainly enjoyed working closely with you in Washington a lifetime ago, and I've profited from following your subsequent career.
Good luck on the next phase.
John Quigley
Professor Tietenberg,
Congratulations on your retirement. I was advised as an incoming freshman to enroll in your freshman economics class, and my education would have lost something had I not. You were undoubtedly the most influential teacher I had throughout my entire education.
It was a pleasure learning from you from freshman economics to my Senior Scholar project. I will forever fear green pens.
Don Bindler '93
Prof. Tietenberg!
You taught me that its okay to be Green and like Economics, and that Economics can be used for good :) Thanks to you I'm still a greenie and working in community development. Best of luck in your next adventure, I suppose you deserve a rest!
THANK YOU!
Beth Dunphe '99
www.projectenterprise.org
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
Say it aint so!
Colby is truly going to miss your knowledge and rapier-like wit. The subject of Economics was made considerably more interesting and enjoyable by your outstanding teaching techniques.
Thank you for a superb job and best of luck.
Bob McCurdy ('81)
Dear Tom,
It is not pleasant to reflect on what the academic world of environmental economics -- or, for that matter, the broader world community -- would be like today had you not embarked upon your marvelous career as professor of economics at Colby College.
Generations of students -- too numerous to count -- have received their first taste of environmental economics from your textbook (now in its seventh edition, and still going strong!). Many of these students -- including some I've taught at Harvard -- have become so interested in the subject area that they have gone on to graduate work, and are now professors themselves. Your intellectual family tree has many, many branches full of diverse, ripening fruit.
I can only imagine how fortunate have been your students at Colby, who have had the privilege not only of benefiting from your book, but also from learning from you directly.
I anticipate that in your "retirement" you will remain active, and so I look forward to seeing you soon -- whether in Cambridge, Washington, or elsewhere.
In the meantime, on behalf of the more than one thousand Harvard students who have benefited from your book, which I have used in the course I've taught here every year for the past 20 years, I wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Rob
Robert N. Stavins
Albert Pratt Professor of
Business and Government, John F.
Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Prof. Tietenberg:
Thanks so much for being a great teacher, and providing inspiration and tools to a generation of kids to step up and help in a global fight to right environmental harms, with a level headed economic approach.
Thanks also for the great individual advice you gave me over 20 yeas ago - UW has a great graduate environmental policy program and I should go for it! With that, I headed to Seattle and have never looked back. To this day, people on this coast know your name and I am honored to have been one of your disciples.
I wish you and your family the best in the years to come!
Josh Marx '88
Prof. Tietenberg,
Thank you for cultivating my personal and professional interest in environmental and natural resource economics.
Best wishes.
p.s. I understand that one of my papers will be referenced in the next edition of your text. I'm very honored.
Chip Paterson '96
Tom -- One of the highlights of my time at Colby has been working and teaching with you. You will be greatly missed in the ES program, but I hope the association we have had will remain through the years. I wish you all the best for your retirement years, knowing you will keep busy.
David Firmage
Dear Tom,
Your teaching and especially your manner of thinking and looking at the world have and continue to have a profound impact on me. Though I decided on a non-econ career, I've used the analytical skills you taught to flush out good ideas from all the flotsam and jetsam. And isn't that what a good liberal arts education is supposed to do? Thank you again for your wonderful sense of humor and an unforgettable classroom experience! Congrats on finally graduating from Colby!
All the Best,
Dana Russian '79
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
Thank you for introducing me to environmental economics. It was an amazing class, and I know many people share my feelings. I learned so much that I could not have learned elsewhere! Good luck in your retirement.
Sheehan Lunt '03
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
I think fondly of my days at Colby and still have a great love for Ecomonics! Thank you for your commitment to all of us students and to Colby.
Good luck in your retirement.
Harriet Haake Hall
Math Ecom Major
Class of 86
Tom, to me you are the model of a great liberal arts teacher and of a colleague--smart, to be sure; passionate about your field; devoted to your students; dedicated to serving Colby; proud of the community of which you are a part. Your legacy here will always be in those of us who strive to "do it the way Tom would have," though few even hope to do it so well. When I think of colleagues I most respect, you are at the top of this list--and we will all miss you.
Sandy Maisel
Tom, you should be highly congratulated on a fabulous career. You have been instrumental not only in shaping the whole field of environmental economics, but in helping to shape the whole careers of many of us who work in this field. I appreciate the help you provided me, and I wish you all the best in retirement. .. Don Fullerton
Dear Professor Tietenberg:
A dozen economists would agree on one thing -- Colby and its Economics Department will not be the same without you. You have a gift of motivating students, and you made a difference in the many lives that you influenced during your tenure at Colby. Thank you from one student that considers herself lucky to have had you as an advisor and to have studied under you. Best of luck in your retirement.
Holly (Mackin) Anzani, '81
Tom: We both enjoyed your economics classes over 20 years ago. Your dedication to teaching, students, and Colby are one of the key things that make the college outstanding. Feel free to stop by when you are in the Boston area.
Jay Allen '86
Laurie Haley Allen '87
Prof. Tietenberg-
It was an honor having you as a professor at Colby. I will never forget the assistance you gave me in landing my first job after Colby. That has led me to many great opportunities. Best of luck in the next chapter of your life.
Stephanie (Tyrrell) Shayne '95
TT,
I cannot imagine my Colby experience without you. You have encouraged and supported me in so many ways. Currently, I teach Eco-Art and am returning to school to study painting. I could not have come into this fulfilling career without your help and example. Infinite thanks for your assistance, openness, and positive outlook. Best of wishes for your coming adventures!
Sincerely,
Kelly Stoos 04'
Tom, Your consistent support and ceaseless optimism have made the single greatest impact on my personal and academic development during my time at Colby. You are the perfect role model--I can only hope follow in your vast footsteps. Best of luck in life’s next chapter.
Steve Erario
Dear Professor Tietenberg:
Thank you for your time and efforts teaching at Colby and advising many students, including me. I enjoyed your law and economics course a great deal; it was a great blend of both of my majors and confirmed my interest in law. I see the results of your work and teaching in the pages of the major newspapers of today. Enjoy your retirement and keep rooting for the White Mules!
Cheers, Patrick Clendenen `88
Well, Tom, what can be said about a man who has inspired so many environmental economists (including me) and played such a pivotal role in the development of the field? All I can say is thanks -- for the inspiration, your dedication, your insights, your help over the years, and, most importantly, for being a really, really nice guy!
All the best!
Kathy (Segerson)
To a wise, patient, generous and thoughtful colleague, mentor and teacher. You have been and continue to be a dedicated, energetic and inspirational leader in our field. Generations of students and young scholars have benefited from your teaching and scholarship. We are all grateful!
I look forward to many more years of working with you during your “retirement.”
Warm regards,
Lynne Lewis
Tom,
Thank you for your excellent teaching and support for the Environmental Studies Department at Colby. I still remember the kickoff of the Environmental Studies Club when we had brownie sundaes at your house - the best way to start any environmental activity!
Cheers and best of luck in your retirement,
Kara Lanahan, '05
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
Thank you for making my experience of being an ES major so fantastic. I hope retirement treats you well and good luck with all of your future endeavors!
All the best,
Lauren Cahill '07
Professor Tietenberg:
I think I was in the first group of students you taught at Colby in the late 1970's! Your urban policy course led me to pursue a career in city planning that has served me quite well. I'm in my 25th year as the Planning Director for Salem, New Hampshire. Congratulations on your retirement and best wishes for the future!
Ross Moldoff, Class of 1979
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
You, more than any person, have defined my academic experience at Colby these past four years. Your classes have opened my eyes to a whole new world of economics -- so much so that I am now pursuing a career in the subject.
I have also been lucky to have had you as an advisor for the past two years. You have always had an open door and such wonderful things to say.
Thank you so much!
All the best,
Zack Schuman '08
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
It was a pleasure and an honor to take your Environmental Economics class at Colby. It was one of the two courses that convinced me Economics was the major I had to pursue and I am so happy I made that choice! Best wishes for a wonderful life post-Colby!
Thank you!
Denitsa Hristova '02
Dear Tom: I was an uninspired student until I had the honor of taking Environmental Economics with you my junior year. I thank you so much for "turning on my light" (an energy efficient one of course...) and altering the course of my life thereafter. Many thanks, and I wish you the best in your future endeavors. Fondly, Jonathon K. Yormak
Professor Tietenberg,
Taking your Environmental and Nature Resource Economics class was truly inspiring and rewarding. It was an honor to be taught by such a friendly, witty, and truly exceptional professor who has made so many contributions to environmental studies. To me, you are a living example of all the good work that can be done for the environment, and therefore confirmed my choice of an Environmental Studies major as the right one. Good luck in your retirement, and thank you.
Meg Grogan, '10
Professor Tietenberg,
I have learned so much in ES 118! Thanks so much for inspiring us to create change in the world, and for supporting me in my decision whether or not to transfer. I think differently about my impact on the environment now, and I know my friends in the class do as well. Thanks so much for everything!
Take care,
Jenny Helm
Dear Tom,
I really enjoyed taking Environmental Economics with you. You combine passion for the subject with humor and unique first-hand experience. You've inspired me about the potentials of economics to protect the environment. Thank you for all you've done for Colby and for environmental economics. I wish you the best with your future endeavors.
Hannah Taska
Prof. Tietenberg,
Of all the starts to a Colby education, taking environmental economics with you was the best anyone could have. Thanks for your help with everything, and good luck with all your future endeavors.
Isaac
Professor Tietenberg,
Thank you for opening my eyes to a world where economics and the environment are compatible. Your teaching has had a lasting impact on my world view. I still reference your textbook.
Thank you for everything and best of luck in the future!
Sincerely,
Michelle Cook, '01
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
Thank you so much for offering the course on Law&Economics, it was an honor to take it with you last year. It is so far the best course I have ever taken, not just because of the content, the more important is the discussions that we had in the class. I guess it will remain on top of my list for quite a long time. I only wish I could have had taken more courses with you.
Again,
Thank you very much for you have done to Colby, Colby students, and of course, Environment Economics.
I wish you have a great time after Colby!
Sincerely,
Ling Zhu '09
Dear Professor Titenberg,
Although I have not been in touch since graduating in 1986, I have often tought about the courses I took with you during my econcimcs major.
It was a pleasure having you as a professor and I learned much.
Best wishes for your retirement! I still have at least 20 years more to go!
Sincerely,
Rodney C. Southworth '86
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
I wish you all the best in your retirement! Through you I learned a real appreciation for environmental economics and for the environment. I remember you as one of my most inspirational professors, and how I always looked forward to your classes. I know you will be missed.
Best wishes for a wonderful next phase of your life!
Kit Williams (Class of '84)
Dear Professor Tietenberg -
Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to Colby. It was a pleasure attending your classes and a privlege to have been taught by you so many years ago. Believe it or not I can still remember the gist of your lectures on trading emissions credits on the open market. Amazing how relevant those ideas are almost 25 years later.
Sincerely,
Scott C. Blair
1985
Godspeed and much happiness on your retirement. Carbon credits, who knew?!!
Regards,
Arnold Y Kim '83
Professor Tietenberg,
Best wishes to you during the next stage of your life - I hope it is filled with new adventures and travel to many destinations. You were a great advisor and I have many fond memories of Colby and your classes and insight - they have left a profound impression on me and on my career.
Tom Hiemstra '88
Professor Tietenberg:
Your Law and Economics class was one of my very favorite at Colby. You were a great teacher and advisor. I have fond memories of my work with you on the Law of Joint and Several Liability! I wish you all the best.
Steve Rand, '89
Prof. Tietenberg,
During my time at Colby, I was fortunate enough to take almost every one of your classes, including Environmental Economics, Law & Economics, and Senior Seminar--and you were even my honors thesis advisor! Needless to say, your teachings had an immensely positive impact on my time at Colby, shaped my view on countless world issues, and taught me many skills that I still use today. And juding by this website, you've obviously done the same for hundreds of students! I thank you for your teachings and advice, and wish you many years of enjoyable retirment. Congratulations!
Jonathan Marlow '02
Professor Tietenberg,
It was about 30 years ago that I had the honour of being your student. I have since become an economist myself, mostly working in the Canadian central bank. Thanks so much for your introduction to a wonderful discipline and a unique way of thinking. All the best in your retirement.
Mark Kruger '81
Tom,
Thanks for everything! You've been an incredible inspiration to me, not only in your commitment to your students and the environment, but in exceptional strength of character and unfailing optimism.
Best of luck in retirement!
Beth Scherer '05
Prof Tietenberg,
It was a pleasure taking one of your environmental econ courses. This was my first exposure to anything really related to the environment. You really were ahead of your time more than 20 years ago.
I hope you will continue to do consulting and bring change to other groups beyond Colby. Also enjoy the time with your family!!
Sincerely,
Melita Marks '89
Professor Tietenberg,
Your classes on Environmental Economics and your mentorship of my senior economic thesis are 2 of my favorite memories from Colby. Your lessons have impacted, and continue to impact my daily life as I've made investment decisions in both public and private equity markets, domestically and globally. You have helped to spawn a whole new investment philosophy. It has truly been an honor. Thank you for everything, and best of luck in retirement. You'll be sorely missed!
Sincerely,
Dana Cease, '97
Tom -
It was great to see you in October when I was back at Colby for the Overseer meetings. I really enjoyed catching up.
I am so pleased to have had a chance to study with you during my time at Colby. You made a huge difference in my educational experience.
I came to Colby from a mediocre, urban, public school. I had a lot of catch up to do when I arrived. The economics courses were the first at Colby to really "spark" me academically. Intuitive, challenging, conceptual, lots of real world application, interdisciplinary. I loved being able to focus on the integration of economics, government and public policy.
You found me my first Jan Plan internship at the New York Times magazine group. I loved it.
I also remember coming in to your office with the first draft of my senior paper. You suggested adding more math and making it an honors paper. You taught me the econometrics necessary to beef it up. To this day, I assume that doing an honor thesis and being able to talk in my interview about the importance of interdisciplinary work was what got me into the Wharton MBA program. Thank you.
I have three boys in junior high and high school. My hope is that I will end up with at least one kid at Colby College. Every undergraduate should have the benefit of being educated at a top liberal arts school. I only wish you were still going to be there to teach them.
Thanks for all you have done for all of us lucky enough to catch your academic enthusiasm!
Julie Sands Causey '85
Tom,
I never would have guessed in a million years I would study Economics, but after taking Environment and Society and later Environmental and Natural Resource Economics with you, I knew right away I wanted to do what ‘he does.’ So here I am, an Environmental Policy and Economics double major. Thanks for showing me this direction through your superior service as an intellectual and as a kind human being. I will always hold fond memories of your lectures and time working with you; and will always wish you could have stayed two more years (so I could have taken your senior seminar!). It’s been an honor knowing you. I wish you the best in these years to come.
Sincerely,
Emily Boone (2010)
Dear Prof. Tietenberg,
I LOVED my environmental econ classes with you. I can remember sitting in the computer lab (yes, before everyone had laptops) working on my paper about the economics of poaching elephant and rhino tusks until all hours of the night and actually enjoying so much I didn't realize I was up all night! Thank you for choosing to spend your time at Colby. Best of luck in retirement. Enjoy!
Erin (Crossland) Christopher '94
Professor Tietenberg,
To me, one of the best things that happens when you learn - whether it be in the classroom or out in the "real" world - is recognizing something you've learned before in a totally new context and then expanding upon the previous knowledge.
Thanks for taking Economics and putting it in a nature preserve, a deep ocean fishery, a rain forest, and in the physical plant and conscience of Colby's campus.
Enjoy retirement and keep teaching those around you!
Drew McKechnie, '04
Thank you, Tom, for inspiring two decades of Colby students. Your passion, curiosity, and zest for learning and teaching were contagious.
The critical minds you inspired are out there now, changing the world!
Judi Greene Stewart '81
Though I never had the benefit of taking a class from Tom, nor even or attending Colby College, I also learned an awful lot from Tom Tietenberg. And I got to have him as a colleague, too, at least for a short period of time. Tom’s an outstanding scholar, an even better teacher and a great colleague. In fact, he’s one of this country’s most outstanding resources—though of the human rather than the natural sort!
Congratulations, Tom, on your retirement and may the next phase of your life be as successful as the first, wonderful phase.
Best wishes always,
Paul Portney
Dear Tom -
I was in one of your first classes when you arrived at Colby, and was inspired by your analytical approach to environmental issues from the beginning. I have enjoyed staying in touch over the years, and particularly seeing you at various Trustee/faculty functions.
You have been a very important part of the Economics faculty that is such a powerhouse at Colby. You will certainly be missed, but I am glad you have a healthy retirement to look forward to!
Best wishes,
Tim Hussey
Class of 1978
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
Congratulations and I wish you the best of luck! It was a wonderful experience to be in your last ES118 class. You've helped me see all the exciting possibilities related to the environment and that has given me courage to pursue them (in spite of my parents' belief that I won't be able to find a job)
Thank you,
Li Yu Chan '11
Come to Malaysia if you have time!
Tom,
Best wishes on your retirement!
You've had a huge impact on many students' lives. I'll always remember your Econometrics and Environmental courses.
Congratulations on a great career.
Best Regards,
Ken Emery '83
Tom---my time at Colby was very much shaped by your mentorship and
guidance. Learned a tremendous amount, life lessons that have stayed with me for (hard to believe) 25+ years.
Your intellect, humor and warmth came together in a way that really
mattered. Always think fondly of my time at Colby, thanks!
(ps--good luck in retirement, call me if you ever get to Charlotte
and/or Cape Cod)
Marc Gordon '82
Marc.Gordon@bankofamerica.com
I recall being a sophomore in your environmental economics class and being totally overwhelmed. I was as passionate then, as now, about the subject but simply didn’t have the tools at the time.
So, 25 years later I’m sitting at my computer trading emails with various people about developing lending programs for consumers and businesses trying to reduce their carbon footprint when I get an invite to say a few words about you. Talk about cosmic connections!
Since I’ve left Colby, I think I’ve told my own take on the environment and the economy to anyone who will listen. You helped to lay the basis for all my rants. And, while it hasn’t changed the world, it’s finally making a difference.
Thank you.
David Dolbashian ‘82
Hi Prof. Tom Tietenberg,
Even though I was regretfully unable to take a class with you during my time at Colby, I did thoroughly appreciate your presence in the ES department. It was always a treat to sit at your end of the table during ES colloquium dinners and your thoughtful comments on my colloquium response papers spurred me to think in different ways.
Thanks so much for being a wonderful professor outside of the classroom. I wish you the best in your future endeavors. Happy
Retirement! Kathryn Bartholomew '07
Good luck, Professor Tietenberg. Thanks for changing the paradigm. Keep up the good work!
-Ryan Hastings '95
Professor Tietenberg,
I still find myself using frameworks learned in your Law & Econ class; it was an honor to have been your student. May your retirement bring you much happiness.
Warm regards,
Melinda Mraz '01
Professor Tietenberg.
Just wanted to drop you a note to thank you for your passion for teaching and economics - I thoroughly enjoyed my classes with you in Micro Principles and Environmental Economics! Thank you also for your guidance and support during my years at Colby. You will surely be missed by future students. Wishing you much hapiness. Thank you!!
Tracy Mungeam '91
Hello Tom!
After an amazing career, you have amply earned a restful retirement, but
I really doubt you will actually rest at all! Your energy was always
amazing and spilled into everything and everyone around you. Twenty six
years later, I'm still running on some of that contagious drive and
enthusiasm I contracted from you! As for your accomplishments, market
economics may be a bust but people like you can work miracles and make
even an old mule run like a race horse. Cheers and congratulations to
you on all of your contributions to inspire students, save our
environment, and make the world a better place!
Fidel Fajardo-Acosta, Class of '82
Tom, your work had a great influence on me that led to a career in economic development/real estate. It is also nice to see that all of your work on emissions trading has now become commonplace.
Warren S. Rosenthal
President
Falcon Commercial Brokers, LLC
and Economic Development Director
Lewis County Lowville, NY
Professor Tietenberg,
I very much enjoyed your thought provoking classes while at Colby.
In retrospect I wish I had been a more engaged student.
My best wishes on your retirement and thank you for your contributions to the college.
Rene Martinez '78
President
VitalSensors Technologies
Acton, MA
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
Your work has had such reach. In class we were engaged, afterwards we were prepared to consider issues through the lens you helped us to develop, and finally, in my case, I was inspired to advanced study in public administration. To this day, after 25+ years, my husband (Skip Thibault, '81) and I actually recall specific discussions from your environmental class -- impassioned exchanges around issues we were prepared to discuss intelligently because of your work. As a fellow educator, I hope for a legacy such as yours!
Rest on your laurels and enjoy retirement knowing your work is carries on with us.
Melissa Rihm Thibault '84
Dear Tom,
I became an environmental economics professor, in a large part, because of my experiences with you: both my experiences in the classroom, where I took courses in environmental and natural resource economics and in environment and society; but also my experiences with you as an advisor, where you helped suggest courses to take at Colby, and where to work and go to graduate school after college. Thank you. As a student, I appreciated your hard work and clarity as a professor, making environmental economics alive and interesting. As an advisee, I found your open-door policy and willingness to listen and give helpful advice invaluable. Advice was always given in a friendly, patient, kind-hearted manner. As a professor, I now have a great appreciation for your work as well: both your research on tradable permits, which has inspired some of my own work, but also the wonderful textbook that I have used in my own classes. I wish you all the best in your retirement.
Sincerely,
Erin Mansur (Colby class of 1995)
Associate Professor, Yale School of Management
Professor Tietenberg,
Thanks for teaching my most interesting class while at Colby. The concepts I learned in your course are extremely germane to the current climate discussion. I am honored to have been taught by one of the profession's true pioneers and leaders.
Enjoy a well-earned retirement!
Best,
Carter Davis '97
Tom -- you have been an inspiration to me ever since I read your first
article on trading and then got to know you better as our paths would
cross professionally and particularly at RFF. In addition to being a creative inspiration, I learned from you how to put in the time every day -- "success being 9 parts perspiration..." Your easy going and selfless manner is another wonderful role model although tougher to emulate!
Congratuations for a sparkling career. I hope you keep it up to some degree. Folks like you are too scarce in the world.
Alan Krupnick
Tom
Every time from first to the most recent that I used your book for a
class or read one of your papers I learned.
Your research defined the most important policy instrument of our times -- tradeable permits.
Your organizational skills are legendary. All that and you are never too busy to help someone.
Thank you for defining and teaching environmental economics to thousands of undergraduates thru your text, for helping to make our professional organization relevant and supportive, and most of all for your friendship.
I am sure you will redefine and help us to understand what academic
retirement should be in the same way you did for environmental
economics. All the best.
Kerry
(V. Kerry Smith)
Professor Tietenberg,
I cannot remember all the countless times I have bragged to friends at other schools that I was taught by the world authority in Environmental Economics. The good you have done for the world with your studies is something that I could only dream to achieve. I hope that when I graduate, I will be so lucky to live the life you have led, one which positively changes the world while simultaneously bettering all the people around you. Studying under you has been one of my fondest experiences at Colby. I only wish you would continue to teach more students so you could inspire them like you have inspired me. Thank you so much,
Danny Wasserman, '09
Tom,
Congratulations on such a long, distinguished and impactful career. You sparked my interest in the practical applications of economics that have served me incredibly well over these past 20+ year (gulp!). More importantly, you demonstrated and shared through your passion, commitment and thoughfulness the importance of thought and personal leadership.
Best of luck in the next stage of your journey. Enjoy! And THANK YOU!
Stephen Langlois '85
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
Congratulations on a career that has delivered pioneering thought leadership in environmental economics. I thoroughly enjoyed my coursework with you and think of you often as the ideas we discussed in class 20 years ago are now in the headlines.
Best wishes for a well deserved retirement!
Scott Turtel, '89
Tom,
Thank you for your expertise, wisdom, and sense of humor. Your teaching of Environmental Economics led me to pursue an Honors Thesis at Colby (with you as an Advisor!), a career in climate change consulting, and most recently, an MBA degree with a concentration in environmental economics.
You have made a tremendous impact, not only at Colby, but in the world.
It was nice running into you at URI last year! Be in touch if your travels bring you this way again.
Best wishes for your retirement.
Kellie Phelan '04
kellie.phelan@gmail.com
Tom, your courses on Law and Economics and International Economics helped encourag me to pursue a career in international finance. 25 years later and I am still grateful!
Tom- what a pleasure it's been having you as a colleague and friend over these past 30(!) years at Colby. Thank you for including me in ES118 projects and for your help with library issues relating to ES. It's been exciting to see ES grow with your vision and expertise.
On a personal note, Russ and I enjoy having you as a golf partner and hope that collaboration can increase in the future. Congratulations on a highly successful career and best wishes for an enjoyable retirement.
Suzi Cole
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
I am profoundly grateful for having had the opportunity to study under you during my time at Colby. I continue to benefit from your teachings every day in my classes at Duke, and am very lucky to have had you explain so many concepts in a way I could understand. Thank you for everything you’ve given to me and to the school. Best wishes in your retirement!
Kevin Fritze, ‘07
Dear Tom:
Your belief in me and what I could achieve helped get me on the path to a career I love and much success along the way. Thank you for being a wonderful Professor, a great advisor and for helping me to get my first job.
Wishing you the best,
Jennifer Ancker
Colby Class of 1995
Executive Director, Graham Capital Management, a $5.5B hedge fund located in Rowayton, CT
www.grahamcapital.com
Tom,
you were the source of tremendous positive externalities that
spilled over into the world. Public goods of economic analysis and education are typically undersupplied except by committed people of such high character as yours. You corrected society's artificially high discount rate which de-values future generations by developing and implementing sustainable practices and passing them on to future generations through us, your students. There, see, the lessons at least somewhat stuck. You certainly helped set me on a path in renewable energy policy that I am continuing on.
Rob Gramlich '91
Professor Tietenberg:
Thanks for inspiring me to a career that combines economics with environmental stewardship. You will be missed! Enjoy retirement.
David November '95
Dear Professor Tietenberg:
One of the smartest things I did in college was to take as many classes from you as possible. My time with you helped make Colby the extraordinary experience it was for me. In the 12 years since I graduated, I’ve gotten even more mileage than I expected out of the things I learned with you. Now, I’m back in Washington, DC as the climate change debate intensifies. I will continue to think of you and your scholarship and inspiration every time I hear the words “cap-and-trade”—which is to say, all the time.
Thank you, congratulations, and I wish you all the best in your retirement.
Alex Roth (’96)
Professor Tietenberg,
It was wonderful privilege to be in your class and to be your advisee. Thank you for all the hard work you have done to build Colby's environmental studies program and to change the world's approach to environmental issues.
Enjoy your retirement!
Best wishes,
Allison Stewart Barasz '05
Tom,
Taking ES118 in the fall of my freshman year inspired me to become an ES major and I owe that in part to your dedication to the course. I learned a lot from you, especially during my research project on wind energy, a subject that I continue to be intrested in.
I am so grateful that you allowed me to take your environmental economics class concurrently with intro to micro principles because your class was one on my favorites at Colby so far and, I feel privelged to have been your student. I think often about what I learned in your class.
Your positive outlook is an inspiration to me as I continue to learn about the environment and do my part to make the world more green.
Enjoy your retirement. We will miss you at Colby!
Sincerely,
Megan Browning, Class of 2010
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
How many carbon credits or fishery quotas would it take to convince you not to retire for a few more years?
We're working on younger son Jake, a junior in high school, to fulfill his destiny -- going to Colby, majoring in Economics, and having the honor of also being your research assistant to follow in his mother's footsteps. Perhaps a good example of sustainable or at least sustaining development?
You truly embody all the best the Colby offers. You inspire a passion for learning and a quest to explore. You and your family are simply some of the best people we've had the privilege to count among our friends.
Thank you for all the lives you have touched and inspired.
Jill Stasz Harris ('86)
also on behalf of Brent Harris ('86), Brad Harris (honorary '86), and Jake Harris (possibly '13?)
Tom,
It is an honor to be given the chance to salute the positive influence you had on my academic experience at Colby. What I learned from you has had and will continue to have insurmountable influence on the way I explore and examine complexities in society.
You instilled in me an optimism towards the presence of human volition to create change rationally and I thank you for that.
Samantha Given-Dennis, '09
Tom,
You are the reason I majored in economics! I loved energy and environmental economics--you made both subjects vital before "green" and "eco-friendly" were household terms. Thanks for all you've done for Colby and the wider (way wider!) community. I look forward to seeing you around town. Good luck in your retirement.
Jim Cook '78
Tom,
I had this feeling that a significant part of my life had come full circle when my daughter told me she was using your textbook in her Environmental Economics class at Carleton College. Your contribution to the field endures, truly. Best of luck in retirement.
Alison Jones Webb '81
Tom -
I don't know what my Colby experience would have been without you. You were an excellent professor and mentor who opened my eyes to a new way of thinking about the world around me. Thank you for the years you have put in to teaching others and I hope you will continue to share your wealth of knowledge in the future. I wish you all the best.
Caitlin Cleaver ('06)
Dear Professor Tom Tietenberg,
Thank you for your energy, enthusiasm, curiousity, openness, compassion, thoughtfulness, encouragement, excellent advice, and sharing your knowledge. You changed my life for the better and are an outstanding role model.
Best Wishes for Further Adventures in Your Life,
Elaine Peterson '82
Professor Tietenberg,
Who would have thought I could combine by econ and religion majors with a thesis on environmental policy in the Old Testament. Only at Colby and only with you. Best wishes in your retirement.
Nicole Schamban, '89
Prof Tietenberg,
Let me join the chorus thanking you for your long years of service to Colby, its students, the academic profession and the global community. You are a rare commodity having impacted so many individual students while at the same time shaping the pace, tenor and direction of the worldwide discourse on environmental issues. Colby is richer for your having been there.
Best,
Andrew Milgram '96
Professor Tietenberg,
It was a pleasure working on my 345 with you regarding Water Privatization in Latin America. It is the professors like you who make Colby such a special and rewarding place. Thank you for your guidence and your commitment to the Econ department. I wish you the best of luck in your upcoming adventures.
Best,
Abby Lowell '06J
Professor Tietenberg,
Thanks for all that you taught me-- both about economics and life. It was a pleasure, and an honor to learn from you while at Colby and to get your advice since then.
I'm a little sad to learn that future Colby students won't have the same opportunity, but heartened that you've taught so many that are doing great things in this world.
Enjoy the next phase in your life-- and make sure you still figure out a way to lick this whole climate change mess we've got on our hands.
-Spencer
Professor Tietenberg,
Thank you for your advice and counsel on my senior project in Law and Economics back in the Spring of '87. I enjoyed our many conversations regarding the economics of sports law.
Enjoy your retirement!
Jon Doehr, '87
Professor Tietenberg -
I have long praised the education I received as a student of yours and others on Colby's economics faculty. I was also fortunate enough to benefit from your sage counsel as my advisor. It is inspiring to read in these comments of the many lives you have touched, both at Colby and beyond. I am proud to add my name to that list. Thanks for your tutelage, and enjoy your retirement.
David Fanger '82
Prof. Tietenberg,
Environmental Econ was without a doubt my favorite Econ class at Colby. Enjoy your retirement, and best of luck!
Tom Sollas '89
Professor Tietenberg,
Thank you for all the work you have done. I really enjoyed learning from you both in classes and in Environmental Advisory Board meetings.
Happy Retirement!
Anna Sommo'04
Tom,
You probably don't remember me, but 28 years after taking your Environmental Economics class and having you as a senior thesis advisor (remember the thrilling saga "Economic Implications of Chlorofluorocarbon Regulations"), your work and tutelage continue to be a profound influence in my life. Your infectious classroom enthusiasm combined with an absolutely stellar style of teaching and mentoring has remained a vivid memory that constantly inspires my life. After leaving Colby and dabbling in chemical engineering, nuclear submarines, Harvard Business School, consulting firms of all stripes, I have found myself back in the arena that I found most rewarding over a quarter of a century ago: economics and sustainable development. This time it is clean energy and a low carbon economy. I find myself a leader in a firm called New Energy Finance www.newenergyfinance.com (and it sister organization New Carbon Finance www.newcarbonfinance.com) working with a cadre of people who are not only passionate about making rational change happen, but have been designers behind the EU ETS, Kyoto Global and other emerging policies necessary to transform the global economy. Our work is being presented at Davos, the Clinton Global Initiative, UNFCCC as well as leading corporations and financial institutions around the globe. I feel privileged to be working in such an intellectually active space with some of the brightest people in the world. I truly believe that none of this would be possible had it not been for the crazy serendipitous accident that led me to take your class as an elective. That elective turned into a second major and led the way to a very meaningful and rewarding life. Thank you for selflessly taking the time to work with a kid of modest intelligence and giving him the tools to seek out and find a passionate pursuit. There are none better than you.
Cheers,
Ken Bruder '81
London
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
Thank you for you allowing all of us to enjoy your courses, and making the impact that you did. I am sure you will continue to do so beyond Colby.
All the best to you in retirement.
Robert Hostler '93
Tom,
As you retire from the job that my parents wish I had (just up the road a piece from them..ayuh), please know that you have been a source of learning and inspiration to me over the years. Thanks for the great introductory text books (which I've consulted numerous times over the years) and the book on permit trading and numerous other articles that I've read over the years. You have truly contributed richly to our profession and I feel lucky to know you.
Enjoy your retirement in Maine and renenber it's "the way life should be!"
Best,
Karen Palmer
Dear Prof. Tietenberg,
Twenty two years ago, I picked Colby based on the economics department. Your ability to pass on knowledge, and make us want to do better in your class was unmatched. You challenged us to become better critical thinkers. That has stayed with me today. You will be missed by future Colby students. Thank you for all you have done. Enjoy this new chapter.
Julie Depew Shaffer '90
Tom,
First of all an apolgy for being out of touch for way too long. And I'm sorry that this contact comes at this stage of your career.
I am pretty sure that I was your very first advisee (we all have our crosses to bear!). I still remember Wayne Smith of the Chemistry department telling me in the spring of my junior year(1977) that a very exciting professor would be joining the econ department and would make a major impact on me during my senior year. Wow! was he right!
What continues to impress me the most about you was the fact that you quickly formed a partnership with me despite my rather midling academic credentials. Your engagement, and socratic coaching of me during my final year at Colby was one of the defining events of my four year experience and has made me a life-long believer and supporter of the small liberal arts pedagogy.
Despite not having been in touch with you, I always ask about you as I do my alumni interviewing, and I have had the opportunity to get to know Fred Krupp of the Environmental Defense Fund who, like me, holds you in very high regard.
Thank you so much for all you did fo me and best wishes for a rich and rewarding life off of Mayflower Hill. You are a very fortunate person having the knowledge that you touched so many people in such a positive way.
Bob Underhill 1978
runderhill@shorenstein.com
Professor Tietenberg,
I was lucky to take your class and major in economics during your tenure. No question the course left a lasting impression on my undergrad experience.
Best of luck in the retirement!
Igor Gnyp, '04
Congratulations on an incredibly successful career. It is one that will be remembered for a long time to come given the significant impact you have made on some of the most important policy debates of our era.
I am honored to be counted among the thousands of people you influenced in your years at Colby and will always appreciate the impact you had on my education as well as personal growth.
Jenny, Jane (4) and Mary (2.5) join me in wishing you much success in all your future endeavors. I hope our paths will cross again.
All the best,
Charles Beeler, '93
Tom: I couldn't have imagined a better mentor for the beginning of my teaching (and environmental studies) career. Colby will miss you considerably, I'm sure. I'll remain grateful for everything you've done to help me along in my career and for the model of an engaged scholar/teacher you've provided!
Beth DeSombre
Tom--
Thanks for helping me experience the humanity in economics and business. I have fond memories of your classes and working with you on research.
Colby will always be better because of you.
Best,
Chris Vickers '87
Dear professor Tietenberg,
thanks for being an outstanding teacher of law and economics and for single handedly giving my carreer a boost with only one class - I now work in law and economics. You have given me more than you ever imagined. A million thanks and have a fun and exciting retirement.
Sincerely,
Iva Ilieva Hamel '99
Professor Tietenberg -
Congratulations on your contributions to both the people you've touched, Colby and beyond. Warmest wishes in your future pursuits since I suspect you won't really "retire"...
I was in your first class at Colby. Thank you. You taught price theory, and I went on to be a pricing strategist for global corporations. Everyday for almost 30 years in my career since Colby, I have applied the economic foundations and the social conscience you taught in ways that effect millions of lives.
Warmest regards, and best wishes. And again, thank you.
Marty Reader, Colby '78
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
I wish I could have come to Colby just a year earlier so that I could have taken your Law and Economics or Environmental Economics seminar ...I am just one year late...
sigh...
I really appreciate what you did to the field of environmental economics and I wish to go to grad school to learn more about it...
Congratulations on your 31 years of achievements!!
Sincerely,
Po Yin'10
"Tom,
Best wishes for all your future endeavors! I'd love to hear how you are doing sometime. Please keep in touch (sarah.e.piampiano@gmail.com)
All the best,
Sarah Piampiano"
Tom,
I struggled through Micro with you and somehow survived to major in
Economics. Clearly it was your making sure I understood supply and demand. Congratulations on your retirement. Your teaching at Colby is yet another reason that the school continues to thrive! Best wishes for the next chapter in your life.
Debbie (Clark) Nelson '80
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
Thanks to your inspiration and practical ways of analyzing the world, I ended up as a mineral economist. All the best to you in the upcoming years.
Jan Morris Whelan '79
Tom,
Thank you for introducing me to the meaningful and exciting world of economic policy work. Your environmental economics course sparked my interest in policy and prompted me to pursue a career in the economics of education policy. I can only hope that my teaching and research will have the type of lasting impact as yours.
All my best to you,
Karen (Trenholme) DeAngelis '89
Tom
I cannot believe that it has been 31 years. I remember how excited we all were when you joined the Economics Department with great fanfare as the "new" professor. All of us majors hurried to sign up for your class. I clearly remeber studying monopolies with you in one of early classes. You were a fabulous professor and made it fun at the same time. Thank you for inspiring me to plow deeper into Economics. All the best in your next phase!
Sincerely, Peter Schmidt-Fellner '78
PS; Looking forward to seeing you on May 13 in Darien
Also: apologies if this is a duplicate entry, my first one seems to have disappeared
Professor Tietenberg,
You probably don't remember, but you showed me a great kindness when you allowed me to take your advance environmental economics class without the prerequisite so that I could receive the necessary credits to graduate on time. I'm a little sheepish to admit it in this public forum, but I thought you should know that I never forgot it.
Moreover, ever since your class taught me to think differently and critically about environmental issues, I have maintained an interest in the topic. I am now a lawyer and am seriously considering a career in environmental law.
Thanks for being a great teacher and a great person.
Stan O'Loughlin '01
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
Law and Economics was the course that showed me just how well-prepared I would be for Law School with my Colby Econ Major. I found myself teaching my Cornell classmates as we studied for exams! My work with you and your great colleagues inspired me not only to get my JD but then to walk away from the law firm when I found it unfullfilling to launch a new career in teaching AP Econ at private schools. My current work as a school business manager, teacher and coach truly grew from the foundation laid by you and your fine teaching at Colby. I have long told HS students headed to Colby (a few have come from my schools or camp) that they could not miss a Tietenberg Econ Course.
Thank you for all you have done to launch careers, inspire studies, and motivate students like me. You showed me a facinating part of the world by opening a door, taking my hand and showing me around; and, when you left to show others, I stayed and made a home in that room and I have never left.
With deepest gratitude, respect and admiration, congratulations on a fine career and best wishes for fantastic retirement.
Bill Auerswald '89
Tom, on behalf of the entire Colby Board of Trustees, congratulations! To many of us you will always be remembered as a titan in the field of environmental and natural resources economics!!
Your example of what a Colby citizen should be is reflected year in and year out thru the students that you have mentored.
How cool is it when a student can say "my professor conceived the concept of emissions trading"!
I have always believed that if one's legacy includes "he was a good man" than that person's career was a success! You my friend are a good man!
The very best from all of us and call if you want to play 18 at PCC.
Tom--congratulations on your retirement (although I know you won't really be retiring). You have been a great mentor and counselor, and I can't thank you enough your encouragement and support for me at Colby and in my career. Your professionalism and dedication to your students (at Colby and beyond) are truly inspiring. And remember--if you ever complain about my work, you have no one to blame but yourself! It all started in *your* urban economics class!
Best of luck and I hope we stay in touch.
Sam Staley, '84
Professor Tietenberg -
I can’t begin to thank you enough for the time you spent teaching and mentoring me, or to tell you how influential you have been in my career thus far.
I first made contact with you my junior year while studying at the London School of Economics. I was finishing up my first environmental economics course, felt that I’d finally found my niche, and emailed you a barrage of questions asking how I could become involved in the subject at Colby. You graciously responded with answers to each of my questions and I eagerly made personal contact with you as soon as I arrived on campus my senior year.
During that year you served as an incredible teacher, advisor, mentor and friend. In addition to taking your courses, I had the privilege of serving as your research assistant (working to update your text book which I only later learned is widely used at college campuses across the country). I also cannot forget the time you spent with me serving as my thesis advisor, helping me to petition the environmental studies department to fulfill course requirements in order to add the minor, and helping me to find my first job. At least one of my job offers (a research assistant position with RFF) I’m sure I received only because of your influence and my interactions with you.
After working for several years and debating my future, I ultimately pursued a graduate degree in public policy, again in no small part due to your influence and the conversations we had long ago about potential career paths. At UC Berkeley I continued to pursue environmental studies and economics. With two weeks to go in the semester, imagine my delight when the topic for my capstone economics project was announced – design a cap and trade program to limit carbon emissions in California! Thanks to your lectures from years ago, I had a much easier time creating a model policy than did most other students who never had the privilege of studying under a pioneer of cap and trade programs.
As part of my current job as an economic consultant, I interact with academics on a regular basis and have yet to come across one as dedicated to their students as you. It is indeed a rarity to find an economist with such a genuine enthusiasm for and commitment to teaching and who has made such a prominent and enduring impact on their field of study.
You will be sorely missed on campus, but the influence that you have had on current and former students, colleagues, and your field will live on for many years to come. Wishing you all the enjoyment that retirement has to offer!
Warmly,
Andrea (Murphy) Okie
Class of 2000
Consultant in Energy Economics, Analysis Group, Inc.
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
I would like to congratulate your retirement. Although I have never had a chance to talk with you in person or to be your student during my 4years at Colby, I wish you enjoy your retirement.
If you come to Korea by
any chance, please let me know. I will be happy to show you around.
Thank you and I wish all the best.
SeongHen Ryoo, '03 From Korea
Professor Tietenberg,
Congratulations on your retirement. Your Microeconomics class was the reason I decided to major in Economics and minor in Environmental Studies. I am forever grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from you. Thank you.
Nive Filipo '93
Tom,
At some ASSA meeting when I was a newly minted PhD, I was excited to introduce myself to the author of the text I was using in my class. Instead, you came over to introduce yourself to me and talked to me about the core paper out of my dissertation, for which you were one of the journal reviewers. I owe you a lot for that one. Since then, I’ve always enjoyed our wide-ranging conversations whenever our paths have crossed. Your love of teaching, your very broad perspective on environmental and resource economics, and your insatiable intellectual curiosity and openness will be sorely missed. You’ve been a very valuable public good.
Gloria Helfand
University of Michigan
Tom,
Environmental economics won't be the same without you. Best wishes in your retirement.
Peter Berck
Congratulations Professor Tietenberg on a well-deserved retirement! I learned a great deal from you during my years at Colby, and have very fond memories of the time I spent with you and the rest of Colby's tremendous Economics Department. Good luck to you and thank you, sincerely, for your incredible contribution.
Kristen Pettersen Miller '90
Tom - You took a chance sponsoring my thesis and I really appreciate it. It was an incredible learning experience for me. Your support and guidance added so much value to my Colby education.
Thank you. Best wishes.
Ben Sigman '99
Congratulations and best of luck in life’s next chapter.
I suspect that you won’t be retiring, but will be moving on to the many projects for which you didn’t have time when you were teaching. Arizona in the winter and Maine in the summer is a great combination.
Fondly and with best regards,
Dahl Hansen ‘80
Scottsdale Asset Management, Inc.
Tom,
From you I learned the power and limits of economics, and the importance of believing in people. These lessons are with me to this day.
thank you and very best wishes,
Susan French Fine, '82
Thanks so much for everything Tom and good luck in your retirement. You will certainly be missed. I'm grateful I got to learn environmental economics from the master just in the knick of time!
Sincerely,
Katie
Tom -- You're an inspiration, a terrific teacher, colleague, and researcher. My students and I have learned so much from your books, and I’ve learned a huge amount from your papers on emissions trading and other matters. I’m indebted to you for being consistently willing to supply, cheerfully yet straightforwardly, your valuable comments on my own work. I hope this “retirement” involves mainly cutting back on dreary university obligations rather than on contributing to environmental economics!
Tom, I remember the couple weeks, the first month or so I arrived at RFF, that I read 'Emission Trading' cover-to-cover. It has influenced everything I have done ever since. As seminal as that is, really it is not how I remember your work. You have been ever-present in the practical world. Finally, you have been so kind and generous and inspirational. I just want to say thank you.
Sincerely, Dallas Burtraw
Tom, I remember the couple weeks, the first month or so I arrived at RFF, that I read 'Emission Trading' cover-to-cover. It has influenced everything I have done ever since. As seminal as that is, really it is not how I remember your work. You have been ever-present in the practical world. Finally, you have been so kind and generous and inspirational. I just want to say thank you.
Sincerely, Dallas Burtraw
Professor Tietenberg,
I learned so much from you in your Environmental Economics course and in working on my senior thesis with you. Thank you for everything and best wishes in your retirement!
Sincerely,
Marika (Schwartzman) Bruell '94
Your work on emissions trading has had a profound effect on the ability of our country -- any many others -- to tackle serious environmental problems. Mazel tov on your retirement!
Billy Pizer
Tom,
It has been great to be your colleague and to work with you as a member of Colby's Environmental Advisory Group. I have thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with you on Colby's many sustainability initiatives. You have left your handprint on Colby and it is green!
With best wishes,
Patricia Murphy
Tom,
May your success and contributions continue in your new role. Congratulations!
Glenn Blomquist
University of Kentucky
(on sabbatical at the Stockholm School of Economics)
Dear Tom,
I will always remember your dedication to your students and your exuberance for a subject that I was initially hard pressed to believe was engaging. Having been through grad school (where your env. econ. book was our text) and now nearing the end of (environmental) law school, I can't count the times what you taught me has been indispensable. I credit you with starting me down the path I tread today.
Colby with be less for the loss of your excellence. But after all your hard work, retirement is well deserved. Enjoy our beautiful state until I get back.
Steve Sarno '04
Dear Tom
Congratulations on your retirement. I can still remember many of the lessons from your class. My only regret is that my daughter who is interested in environmental science and may attend Colby next year will not have the opportunity to take your class. We have all benefited from your teaching and writing. Thank you.
Eric Rosengren '79
In 1987 I "accidentally" took Natural Resource and Environmental Economics during my senior year at Queens College, because there were no seats left in the Money and Banking course I wanted to take. Obviously the text for the course was Tietenberg - and that course changed the course of my life. I had found an area of work that combined both my passion for the environment with an intellectually challenging area of inquiry. The following year I began the PhD program in Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC-Berkeley.
Subsequently, with Tom Tietenberg (at Colby) and Rick Freeman (at Bowdoin), as role models of successful environmental economists at small New England schools, I joined the Economics department at Clark, where I continue to use Tom's texts in my classes (more recent editions of course!)
In recent years I've had the delightful experience of working with Tom on a number of his book series project - each opportunity has given me the "excuse" to learn new parts of natural resource and environmental economics. Tom was the most kind, gracious, patient editor imaginable.
Tom: best wishes as you enter this next phase of life - Enjoy!
Jackie Geoghegan
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
Clark University
Worcester, MA 01610
Tom
We love you.
Thank you for writing those wonderful textbooks for us to use in our classes. And for turning out neat graduates like Beth Scherer whom we could hire to give her some D.C. experience before she goes on to graduate school.
Take care,
Betsy and Martin David
Tom
We love you.
Thank you for writing those wonderful textbooks for us to use in our classes. And for turning out neat graduates like Beth Scherer whom we could hire to give her some D.C. experience before she goes on to graduate school.
Take care,
Betsy and Martin David
Tom, our many pleasant lunch dates have lasted years into MY retirement, so I hope they'll last many years into YOURs (when you can spare time away from your papers and speeches). You will *never* really lapse into a feckless retirement, and I know that you will remain the kind of iconic figure in the Green-Trade-Offs world that you are right now. And one of these days I may come to understand exactly what it is that your research really means. Until then, let's just have lunch at local cafes. Your choice. Charles Bassett
Professor Tietenberg -
Thanks so much for all you taught me as a student and advisee. Your knowledge and perspective has played a huge role in my career, and I'm much the better for it. I hope you have many happy years of retirement ahead of you!
Gwynne Rogers, '97
Professor Tietenberg,
Thanks for your contributions to Colby, and students everywhere. Reading some of these comments is pretty incredible.
Aran Ryan '96
Dear Tom:
I so admire the effect you have had on generations of Colby students. But I am also grateful for the effect you will have on future students by helpfing develop such a strong environmental studies program and profile at Colby. Thanks for your inspiring and visionary leadership.
Bro
Dear Tom:
It has been a great pleasure working with you in various capacities over the years. I have always admired your vision, passion, understanding, and professional productivity. You have certainly been a strong influence on my professional career at Colby and made many valuable contributions to Colby and our Environmental Studies Program. Thanks for many years of sound advise, collegial support, environmental expertise, and friendship. Best wishes for a wonderful retirement. We will all miss you.
Russ Cole
Tom:
I am grateful to be among the multitude of students whose lives you have enriched in one way or another. From the first day that I walked into Joyce Matthews's office for my work-study assignment (you were chair of the department then), I knew I had found a home away from home. I always will admire your kindness, professionalism, humility, and especially your dedication to your discipline, which is eclipsed only by your dedication to your students.
Thanks for all you have taught us--both inside and outside the classroom.
Best wishes for a joyful and long-lasting retirement.
Danny Reed '90
Tom,
It is really phenomenal to realize that you have had an impact on students' lives -- similar to the impact you had on mine -- since before I was born! The compound effect of a whole generation of students inspired by your classes and mentoring, and the people they have motivated in turn... it honestly gives me hope for the future of our planet. And even though I know you won't, you could easily lean back in your retirement, and simply enjoy the knowledge that you have changed people's lives, and steered the course of our world a little bit closer to its optimal path.
I didn't know when I came to Colby what a perfect match it would be. I had a feeling I wanted to major in Economics, but until I took your Environmental and Natural Resource class, I didn't really know why. You confirmed exactly what I had hoped: that Economics could indeed be used to change the world for the better, and you gave me the tools necessary to begin figuring out how. I proceeded to take every Economics class you taught, and my only regret is not doubling up with Environmental Studies (as it would have increased the number of classes I could have taken with you).
I don't think I could have had a better mentor for my senior scholars project. You managed to direct my inquiry without ever explicitly telling me which way to head; you allowed me to arrive at my own questions (and answers) without ever telling me what to do or to think. I try to follow your example when advising my current students' Extended Essays, but I still have ways to go...
You have always been there when I have needed advice, most recently on where to apply to PhD programs. Despite always being excessively busy, you never grumbled when I asked you for references or recommendation letters, or when I felt the need to bounce any number of ideas off you (ranging from dialogue housing to my Watson project proposal).
But your influence went beyond academics. I am grateful for the confidence you had in me during the scaffolding-debacle, for the kindness and care you showed whenever I faltered, and not to forget: for our ground-breaking ice cream investigations!
I consider myself lucky not only for having been allowed to work closely with you, but for knowing a person as wise, as humble, and as generous as you.
I don't dare to say I aspire to be like you. I set my goals high, but I'll settle for a fraction of what you are, both as an academic, as a teacher, and as a person.
With the warmest wishes possible for your retirement,
Emilia
'06
Tom,
When I heard that you were retiring, my first reaction was "Well, at least I'm graduating now." I can't imagine having anyone else as my advisor. Every time I have needed something, you have been there to help and then some. I'm so grateful for everything you have done, thank you for being such a great advisor and professor.
Eric Hansen '08
Professor Tietenberg,
I sincerely enjoyed having you as a teacher and project adviser in ES118. I learned a tremendous amount of information and was inspired to continue forward. Your contributions to the ES department have not gone unnoticed, even by second year students like myself. As a young environmentalist it is great to have accomplished people like you to look up to.
Best wishes,
Tucker Gorman '10
Tom, I want to wish you all the best as you retire. No doubt you have touched countless hearts and minds in your 31 years of teaching Economics at Colby. You changed my life with your support and caring and always impressed me with your humility, especially given how brilliant you are. You taught me that questions and curiosity are essential in learning. You made it easy to want to learn and understand everything. Thank you for being such a special person and giving yourself and your life to make so many students' lives that much better.
Sincerely, Meg Wimmer DiBari '85
Dear Tom,
I've greatly enjoyed working with you and learning from you over the last several years. You've helped build a tremendously successful Environmental Studies program, and you've obviously influenced many talented, smart, and enthusiastic students. Enjoy the next phase of your life, and I hope to see you once in a while on campus! You'll be missed!
All my best,
Cathy Bevier
Dear Tom,
even though you have been my colleague for only a short period of time, I know I will miss you dearly. Your wise words, great humor and infinite knowledge of things Economics and beyond have contributed much to me feeling at home at Colby. Best wishes for your retirement, though I hope we'll see you at least for the occasional Friday lunch.
Andreas Waldkirch
Tom,
You are an example of what we all aspire to be in this profession: a good-humored colleague, a gifted teacher, and prodigious scholar. If I can match your talents in any one of these areas, I will consider myself to be very successful indeed. Thank you for the friendship and mentorahip you have provided all along.
With warmest wishes for everything yet to come,
Phil
Best wishes for your retirement, Tom. I have always thought of you as the consummate colleague--inspiring teacher, renowned scholar, and selfless Colby citizen.
All the best,
John Sweney
Dear Tom,
Congratulations on your retirement!
As a new faculty member I can certainly say that your career represents a model to follow. I will miss very much your wisdom, sound judgment and great sense of humor.
Best of luck in your future endeavors!
Guillermo
Tom,
Missing this lecture tonight made me wish that I hadn't graduated, or at least lived closer to Colby (and not across the Atlantic). I can't tell you how grateful I am to have had you as a professor and advisor. I take your book and advice everywhere I go. Thank you for not only sharing your wisdom with me and others, but also letting me know that it's okay love dark chocolate as much as I do.
Enjoy your retirement and please keep in touch.
Elisa Chiniara '07
Tom, Congratulations on your retirement and deep thanks for your important contributions to environmental economics; you are one of the Giants whose shoulders are wide. Best, Cathy Kling
Professor, Iowa State
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
I come to every class knowing that I am going to learn new and incredible things. Your classes in environmental economics are not only amongst the very best classes I have taken at Colby, they have completely changed the way I think about the world. Your knowledge, passion, and never-ending good humor inspire me to be better. I'm sure students are going to miss you greatly. Thank you and best wishes on your retirement.
Gautam Nair '08
Tom,
I will remember good conversation, being educated about conservation, mixed (but still fun) golf. I will also remember friendship and support 1982-1988, while I was Dean. You won't recall everything because you were busy, but I won't forget how important and sustaining it was to be able to count on your intelligence, honesty, and good cheer. Thanks!
Retirement is terrific: keep doing the good stuff and forget the rest.
Doug
Prof. Tietenberg
I really enjoyed and learned a lot in your classes, and to this day utilize the analytical thinking skills you so ably taught us.
All the best in your retirement, and I hope that you will still have periodic opportunities to share your insights with students, and the community at large going forward.
Alex Giger, '82
Tom is:
1) Incisive without pretentions
2) A practical visionary
3) An economist who erases the dismal part
4) A superb colleague and mentor in any arena.
Peter Sly
Congratulations, Tom!
The Spanish word for "retirement" is "jubilacio'n" - the same word as for "jubilation". So I hope you will have lots of jubilation in your jubilacio'n.
I still remember my job interview at Colby with you in March 1982 - 25 years ago! I was applying for a one-year position replacing Hank Gemery to teach the History of Economic Thought and US Economic History. You asked me: "what other courses would you like to teach?" I replied, "Marxian economics". I explained that I thought Economics needs more diversity and that part of the mission of a liberal arts college is critical thinking. You said immediately and enthusiastically, "You are right. That is a great idea." I got the job and the rest is history.
I will always be grateful to you for your open-mindedness and your support of diversity and your support of me personally.
Viva la jubilacio'n!
Fred Moseley
Dear Tom,
To think, I chose your class as a freshman because you had the longest last name – and with a last name of Naysnerski I thought we had something in common. Boy was I right! Tom, I’m teaching Economics today because of you. You gave me the tools to channel my love of the environment into a world I never knew existed. Some people come into your life and change you forever. You were certainly one of those people for me. Thank you for your teaching, your support, your smile and your encouragement.
Wendy Naysnerski Morrison ‘90
“It is not so much what is poured into the student, but what is planted that really counts." - Unknown
Dear Professor Tietenberg,
I would like to thank you for believing a young girl, coming to the US for the first time from Malawi to explore unchartered territories in 1989. You inspired me to study gender and economic development issues after taking your Environmental and Natural Resources Economics class. You took me under your wing to do my first independent study on "Women in Development as a Population Control Strategy". The rest has been history. Your guidance has inspired me to go farther in understanding gender issues and to do research that makes a difference in the lives of underprivileged people.
Thank you for the inspiration and congratulations on your upcoming retirement.
Sincerely,
Thoko Kadzamira
Professor Tietenberg,
Congratulations on your retirement. Thanks to you I will always remember to be mindful of the externalities associated with my "human footprint". Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Best of luck,
Michelle McInnis '02
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