With heartfelt appreciate for your fantastic service

Eulie:

Tender my kindest compliments to your heart of hearts for the great service that you provided to us over the years at CWE. I have been here since 1987. We have been through some rough times and you have helped us in facing them gracefully. I have probably called you for help from distant shores of least four continents: India, China, Russia, Estonia, Slovenia, Italia, to name just a few. You have always been patient, resourceful, and helpful. I don't know what we will do without you.

Have a great retirement and hope you to see you from time to time.

I thought the following poem by the Nobel Prize winning Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore, may exemplify the service that you provided us :
" Thou have made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again and fillest it ever withf resh life.

This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.

At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable. Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill.”

In: Gitanjali, by Rabindranath Tagore, poem # 1 (Macmillan Publishing Company, 1913)

Subhash Basak

More time for golf!

Eulie,

Finally you've decided that you simply need more time for golf? I don't make it up to the 'toot very often any more, but I always enjoy sitting down to chat with you. I will miss our conversations and your smiling face, but I will be happy knowing you are having a fabulous retirement.

Jane

Fewer numbers, more sleeping in!

I have never been fond of virtual management, but Eulie made it possible for us to ensure we made every deadline, despite the 100-mile distance. I can guarantee that the success of the Ely field station projects would be much diminished without Eulie's constant, unyielding support. I'm not sure how you remained "pleasant" and "seemingly happy to hear from me" and "not smashing things" in the face of the last year's turmoil in the financial system -- between the two of us, at least one could remain calm and make sure proposals got submitted!

As for retirement... learn a foreign language, a musical instrument, or join a book club, but stay away from numbers. So so so many thanks for all your support and friendship.

- Euan.

Happy Retirement

Eulie, I fondly remember all of your help and good humor when I worked at NRRI and later when I invaded with my horde of students and technicians from Notre Dame. You've been a mainstay at CWE that has made the wheels turn, the grants get turned in on time, and the research done. Those who remain must be quaking in their boots when they consider getting anything done after you leave. I hope that you have a fun-filled retirement--you have earned it.

Scott Bridgham

Eulie,

What can I say, we will miss your humor and wit most of all, and "WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITHOUT YOU!" Enjoy your time of not "working", ha ha, be sure and come back to visit, often.

Sue S

Congratulations, Mom!

Wow, you really are as important and well-liked as you always say!

(Just kidding, of course!!)

I can't believe you're retiring. I remember while growing up, whenever I hit a big milestone , you would say something like, "My baby's turning 18!...it makes me feel old." Well, now I get to say, "My mom is retiring...wow, I'm getting old!"

On the positive side - more time for babysitting!!

It's been fun to read all the posts from your friends and associates. I'm sure you'll be missed deeply. Enjoy your last two weeks!

Love, Dan

Congratulations Eulie on a well deserved retirement. Our jobs at CWE were made easier because you took the responsibility to make sure all the details were covered- budgets, paperwork. scheduling etc. All of those things that most of us did not want to deal with. Also, thanks for being there to answer questions and be the go to person for the many folks on our field crews over the years and all the students that passed through CWE over the years. I know that your golf game will get the attention that it deserves now-- Enjoy. JoAnn Hanowski (enjoying being mostly retired in Vermont).

Dear Eulie,

All the best in your retirement! I don't get up Duluth-way often enough these days, but, whenever I think of NRRI, you're always present in the picture. What a big change this will be! Thanks for all the help you gave me and taking interest in my life all those years ago when I was a wee-young master's student. You will be missed!

Lisa Schulte
Ames, Iowa

Ten thousand flowers in spring
the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer,
snow in winter.
If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.
— Wu-men

Don't you stay at home of evenings?
Don't you love a cushioned seat
In a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets hold always a coin or two.
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane.
May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
— Irish Retirement Blessing

Eulie,

I must re-iterate some of the above/below sentiment: Now what am I going to do? Who will be my companion on my budget number journey through the Netherworlds?

Most important, did we mention "patience"? Your heroic effort dealing with pesky 'ol GIS lab billing, etc. will be forever recorded in the "Patient Leaders of The Last Two Decades" (2nd revision) report currently under review.

Good luck in retirement. You will be missed.










Paul M.

Eulie:

I can't even imagine NRRI without your smiling face! We both arrived here in 1988 to begin our journey. The 4th floor was a vast, mostly empty space. Remember the CPT computer system with it's huge dual-floppy drives?? ARGH..... Well, you are on your way to another journey, into retirement. Please know that you WILL be missed, and how much we all appreciated working with you! Enjoy your new ventures, and come back to visit us now and again!

Sue Hendrickson

Congratulations!

Eulie,

Its hard to image CWE without you. You will be greatly missed. I've always appreciated your help, professionalism, good humor, and of course the candy bowl on your desk. Is that still there?

Best wishes for a well deserved retirement,

Mark White

ps-maybe you could do a revised edition of the single-malt scotch muffin meeting?

Eulie,

The time I have had to work with you has been a pleasure. I greatly appreciate your willingness to help me while I was learning who everyone was on the 4th floor. You were always so willing to help with everything from conference rooms to EFS questions, thank you, I will miss your bright personality! Hopefully we will still see you from time to time when you come to visit?

Enjoy your retirement!

~Melissa Goodreau

Eulie,
Congratulations on your retirement! I had no idea you were even close to retirement. Probably because you brought such a youthful enthusiasm to NRRI. The institute will miss you in so many ways. But don't let that stop you from enjoying yourself in the coming years. It was a pleasure...
Nathan De Jager

Congratulations and Thanks!

Dear Eulie:
Congratulations on your upcoming retirement. I know you will be missed within NRRI, but I will miss you too. Thanks for your help to me in various interactions with the NRRI staff. You have really been a professional voice (to me) on the phone, but more importantly, you have been interested, understanding, kind and so very very helpful. I have enjoyed knowing you from afar. And I know that you have been very helpful to my husband, Glenn, as well. To me, you have been the voice and soul of NRRI!

Best wishes for health, happiness, and adventure in your new career. When I see you next, I hope you are going to relate some fun activities and happy experience in retirement!

Best wishes always,
Jan Keough

Eulie:

I can't imagine coming up to NRRI in a complete panic and NOT having you there to give me candy, tell me stories, commiserate about this and that, and calmly work your way through all the paperwork involved in submitting those crazy grants - and all at the last minute as well! At least I can probably count on bumping into you walking in Bagley now and then. I hope you have a very relaxing time AWAY from the big concrete box! 

You WILL be missed.

Cindy Hagley

Who will calm the graduate students and lead them through the bureaucratic maze?

I would have been lost without you Eulie, and I watched you help many other young scientist navigate the university system. I know they all appreciated your help.

Thanks very very much. Happy gardening and golfing !!!!

- Tom H.

Now what are we going to do?

Eulie's graceful professionalism has made the crazed world of SPA manageable for so many of us - she's always on top of everything that's going on.

It was before my time, but just in case no one else brings it up - how can you replace someone that would present a muffin meeting on single-malt scotch?

-Terry