[RichardSimon]

David's rather benign farewell statement from his school is on the web.
I quote part of it here:

"Over the years, David taught many different courses across the physics curriculum,
including Physics for Poets, General Physics, Modern Physics, Relativity, Classical
Mechanics, Quantum Physics, Electrodynamics, and Advanced Theory and Methods in
Physics Research. He developed the course “Images of Science in Society” as part of the
Liberal Studies program, and also taught Liberal Studies I.
David advised senior theses for a number of very successful students, on topics including
“Determining the yield of the Trinity nuclear device via gamma–ray spectroscopy,” “Does
God Play Dice? An Einstein Podolsky Rosen computer experiment,” “Diffraction from
Quasicrystals,” and “Doubly Special Relativity Theory.”
David served on a variety of committees, including The Committee for Educational Policy
and Planning, the Benefits Committee, the Liberal Studies Committee, the Academic
Computing Committee, and multiple subcommittees of the Curriculum Committee. He was
a regular participant in Skidmore Parent’s weekend Mini-College series, and enjoyed giving
lectures on quantum cosmology for a general audience. He wrote many essays for the
World of Physics Encyclopedia.
David’s other interests include aviation, music, baseball history and memorabilia, and
spending time with his family. We wish him the best as he retires from Skidmore College"

Not one word about any type of advancement,promotions, etc.
Sounds almost like they were happy to see him go.
22 years at Skidmore and it sounds like he never got off Square One. Shouldn't 22 years have gotten you to Dept.Head? Though I must commend someone with knowledge in physics, I did not enjoy that subject.
22 years at Skidmore summed up in six paragraphs and one of the paragraphs was about his hobbies.
I am surprised they did not mention the grades he received from his students, guess they were embarrassed.