Shaw Defends Successfully
Hi folks:
A quick report that I just attended Mike Shaw's dissertation defense. As you know, I tend to be hypercritical, so please take me quite seriously when I say it was by far the best one I've ever seen (all due respect to all of us). Mike offered a project that was ridiculously well researched, evidenced an encyclopedic knowledge of the Aristotelian corpus (in Greek), and was nothing short of amazing. I know several of us were disappointed by our own experiences with the PhD defense for one reason or another. Mike's conversation with his committee was, at least for me, what I would have hoped for in my best dreams. Mike encountered significant difficulties in his journey to completing the PhD today. He has more than earned the letters behind his name. We can all be quite proud to be associated with him. Well done, Mike!
A quick report that I just attended Mike Shaw's dissertation defense. As you know, I tend to be hypercritical, so please take me quite seriously when I say it was by far the best one I've ever seen (all due respect to all of us). Mike offered a project that was ridiculously well researched, evidenced an encyclopedic knowledge of the Aristotelian corpus (in Greek), and was nothing short of amazing. I know several of us were disappointed by our own experiences with the PhD defense for one reason or another. Mike's conversation with his committee was, at least for me, what I would have hoped for in my best dreams. Mike encountered significant difficulties in his journey to completing the PhD today. He has more than earned the letters behind his name. We can all be quite proud to be associated with him. Well done, Mike!
Posted by Timothy Kirk on
Thursday December 15, 2005 at 7:12pm
by the way, that's 3 PhD's this fall, and a total of 21 overall, out of whom we've got 11 posting here on the blog.
This is great news. Most sincere congratulations to Dr. Shaw.