Professionally my father was a manufacturing engineer at a pharmaceutical company. He would be routinely called by F.D.A. inspectors for clarificaiton on standards, best practices, and law.
More importantly he was the son of Irish immigrants who learned at a very early age that the value of a dollar was not easily measured by what you could buy with it. He was a hard working man of integrity who valued being true to his word more than the size of his wallet. If he said he was going to do it...he did. If he said he was going to be there...he was. If he said you could borrow his coat he would also give you his hat, gloves and boots. He honored his word as himself and that is why he is still my greatest hero.
Rest in peace RJR... you earned it!
