I have known Sam for more than two decades — as fellow student, then faculty colleague, and now friend and mentor. I have watched him become an intellectual force. He has pursued this through the due diligence of reading widely, of listening intently, of entertaining opposing views and of questioning intelligently. His attention to detail, common sense and discipline leave him remarkably equipped for tasks requiring intellectual and creative leadership. It is this skill set that he used to found a well-regarded online journal keeping the peace among its creative staff of smart, independent-minded writers. He understands what so many never do: that the hardest people to manage are volunteers. If you don’t have the leverage of job security or money to wield, you have to do it with vision and pure people skills. If you can manage in these circumstances, you can probably manage anywhere.