So, a special welcome to those Marshall Scholars who are attending this symposium being held in your honor.

Since you all are in Ann Arbor, the home of the legendary football coach Bo Schembechler and home of this year's Heismann Trophy winner, Charles Woodson, I thought a historical vignette might be apt. It has to do with Coach Schembechler and a man called Chris Jenner, now a physician, who graduated summa cum laude from Illinois with a degree in chemistry. He was also a starter on the Illinois football team, which wound up playing Michigan for the Big 10 title some years ago.

As the teams were warming up, Jenner saw Bo Schembechler walking across the field toward him. Thinking he was going over to say something to the Illinois coach, he continued his warm-ups. But no, Bo walked right up to him.

"You're number 16. Is that Chris Jenner?"

"Yes sir."

"I hear you're quite a student."

"I try hard, sir."

"I also hear you're a candidate for a Marshall Scholarship."

"That's true, sir."

"Well, I want you to know that winning a Marshall is better than winning a Heismann."

So, please join me in welcoming all of the Heismann equivalents to this room this afternoon.

(Applause.)